Sukagawa Station

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Sukagawa Station 須賀川駅
Sukagawa Station in September 2012
General information
Location	63-1 Nakayama, Sukagawa-shi, Fukushima-ken 962-0004 Japan
Coordinates	37°18′01″N 140°22′21″E / 37.3002°N 140.3724°E / 37.3002; 140.3724
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Tōhoku Main Line
Distance	215.1 km from Tokyo
Platforms	2 side platforms
Connections	Bus stop
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	July 16, 1887
Passengers
FY2016	2307 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Kagamiishi towards Kuroiso Tōhoku Main Line Local Asaka-Nagamori towards Morioka
Location Sukagawa Station Location within Fukushima Prefecture Show map of Fukushima Prefecture Sukagawa Station Sukagawa Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Sukagawa Station (須賀川駅, Sukagawa-eki) is a railway station in the city of Sukagawa, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

• This station is a representative station of Sukagawa City, and is the closest station to the city center, Midorigaoka Park, Sukagawa Botan Garden and Yoshimine Fuji Garden.

Sukagawa Station is served by the Tōhoku Main Line, and is located 215.1 kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Tokyo Station.

The station has two opposed side platforms. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

• Upbound (for Yabuki, Shirakawa & Shin-Shirakawa)
  • During the day, one ordinary train (for Shin-Shirakawa) stops approximately every hour. Some trains also have Yabuki and Shirakawa lines. If you use the Kuroiso area from this station, you need to transfer at Shin-Shirakawa.
• Downhill (for Kōriyama, Motomiya & Fukushima)
  • During the day, as in the case of climbing, one ordinary train (bound for Koriyama) stops approximately every hour. Some trains are also set up for Fukushima north of Koriyama and for Sendai.

Sukagawa Station opened on July 16, 1887. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 2,294 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

• Sukagawa City Hall
• National Route 4
• National Route 118
• Sukagawa Post Office
• Abukuma River

• List of railway stations in Japan

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• Official website (in Japanese)