Kikuta Station

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Kikuta Station 喜久田駅
Kikuta Station, May 2007
General information
Location	Kikuta-cho Horinouchi, Kōriyama-shi, Fukushima-ken 963-0541 Japan
Coordinates	37°27′07″N 140°20′30″E / 37.4520°N 140.3418°E / 37.4520; 140.3418
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Ban'etsu West Line
Distance	7.9 km from Kōriyama
Platforms	2 side platforms
Other information
Status	Ustaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	July 26, 1898
Previous names	Horinouchi (until 1915)
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Bandai-Atami towards Kitakata Ban'etsu West Line Rapid Kōriyamatomita towards Kōriyama Akogashima towards Niitsu Ban'etsu West Line Local
Location Kikuta Station Location within Japan

Kikuta Station (喜久田駅, Kikuta-eki) is a railway station on the Ban'etsu West Line in the city of Kōriyama, Fukushima, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Kikuta Station is served by the Ban'etsu West Line, and is located 7.9 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Kōriyama.^[1]

Kikuta Station has two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is unattended.^[1]

The station opened on July 26, 1898, as Horinouchi Station (堀ノ内駅). It was renamed Kikuta Station on April 10, 1915. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.^[1]

• National Route 49
• Kikuta Post Office

• List of Railway Stations in Japan

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• Official website (in Japanese)