Namie Station
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Namie Station 浪江駅 | |||||||||||||||
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 Namie Station in March 2008 | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | Gogendo Tsugoe 8, Namie-machi, Futaba-gun, Fukushima-ken 979-1521 Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°29′32″N 140°59′23″E / 37.4921°N 140.9897°E | ||||||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Jōban Line | ||||||||||||||
| Distance | 268.6 km from Nippori | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||
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| Status | unstaffed | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 23 August 1898 | ||||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||||
| FY2018 | 24 daily | ||||||||||||||
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Namie Station (浪江駅, Namie-eki) is a railway station in the town of Namie, Fukushima, Japan. Due to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, services were suspended from 11 March 2011 to 1 April 2017.
Lines
[edit]Namie Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 268.6 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori.
Station layout
[edit]Namie Station has a side platform and one island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is unstaffed.
Platforms
[edit]| 1 | ■ Jōban Line | for Tomioka, Iwaki, Isohara, Takahagi, Hitachi, Katsuta, Mito, Ishioka and Tsuchiura |
| 2 | ■ Jōban Line | for Haranomachi, Soma and Sendai |
| 3 | ■ Jōban Line | for Haranomachi |
History
[edit]Namie Station was opened on 23 August 1898. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987. The station was closed on 11 March 2011 following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. Services between Namie and Odaka resumed on 1 April 2017.[1] Services between Namie and Tomioka remain suspended until reopened in March 2020.[2] It became a unstaffed station from March 14, 2020.
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 24 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | Daily average |
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| 2000 | 1,057[4] |
| 2005 | 904[5] |
| 2010 | 734[6] |
| 2015 | 0 (Services suspended) |
Surrounding area
[edit]- Namie Town Hall
- Namie Post Office
National Route 6
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Photo Journal: All aboard". Mainichi Daily News. April 1, 2017.
- ^ "The JR Joban Line from Namie Station to Odaka Station has been reopened". Fukushima International Association. April 8, 2017.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度) (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2000年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2001. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2005年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2006. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2011. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
External links
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- Official website (in Japanese)