Operated by JR East Passengers (FY2013) 132 daily Opened 1898 | Address Japan | |
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Location Shimoasamigawa, Hirono, Futaba, Fukushima（福島県双葉郡広野町大字下浅見川）Japan Similar Tatsuta Station, Suetsugi Station, Kido Station, Hisanohama Station, Kusano Station | ||
Hirono Station (広野駅, Hirono eki) is a JR East railway station located in Hirono, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
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Hirono Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 232.4 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori Station. However, due to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011, operations were halted. Operations south of the station were resumed on June 1, 2014, however operations north past Tatsuta Station remain suspended indefinitely.
Station layout
Hirono Station has one island platform and one side platform connected to the station building by an overhead passageway.
History
Hirono Station opened on August 23, 1898. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.
On March 11, 2011, the station closed following the Great East Japan earthquake and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. On June 1, 2014, the station resumed operations to the south, but only as far as Tatsuta Station to the north.