Tagokura Station

Tagokura Station

田子倉駅
Station structure and entrance, June 2010
General information
LocationTadami, Minamiaizu, Fukushima
（福島県南会津郡只見町大字田子倉字後山）
 Japan
Operated byJR East
Line(s)Tadami Line
Platforms1 side platform
History
Opened29 Aug, 1971
Closed16 Mar, 2013
Passengers
20140 daily

Tagokura Station (田子倉駅, Tagokura-eki) was an unstaffed railway station on the Tadami Line in Tadami, Fukushima, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It opened in 1971 and closed in March 2013. The nearest open stations are Ōshirakawa to the west and Tadami to the east.[1]

The station was located by National Route 252 and beside Lake Tagokura. There are no shops or residences within miles of the station. The main users of the station were mountain climbers.[citation needed]

History

Tagokura Station opened on 29 August 1971,[1] and was unstaffed from the start. From December 2001, the station was closed during the winter season between December and March.[2]

Heavy rain storms in July 2011 forced services on the section of the Tadami Line between Aizu-Kawaguchi and Ōshirakawa to be suspended, but the section between Tadami and Ōshirakawa, including Tagokura was reopened from 1 October 2012. From the start of the revised timetable on 16 March 2013, the station closed permanently, due to low passenger usage—being used on average by roughly one person per day.[3][4]

  • View of the platform, June 2010
    View of the platform, June 2010
  • View of the platform, June 2010
    View of the platform, June 2010
  • View of the station from a distance across Lake Tagokura, June 2008
    View of the station from a distance across Lake Tagokura, June 2008

References

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  1. ^ a b 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 125. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
  2. ^ 田子倉駅３月中旬廃止　ＪＲ東方針　只見町「容認できず」 [JR East plans to close Tagokura Station in March - Unacceptable for town of Tadami]. Fukushima Minpo (in Japanese). Japan: Fukushima-Minpo Co., Ltd. 16 January 2013. Archived from the original on 7 February 2013. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
  3. ^ ＪＲ只見線　全線早期再開は困難 [JR Tadami Line: Early reopening of the entire line difficult]. MSN Sankei News (in Japanese). Japan: The Sankei Shimbun & Sankei Digital. 13 September 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-09-16. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
  4. ^ 只見線田子倉駅廃止について [Closure of Tagokura Station on the Tadami Line] (PDF). Press release (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company - Sendai Branch. 25 February 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-19. Retrieved 26 February 2013.




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