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Iwaki Tanakura Station

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Operated by
  
JR East

Passengers (FY2013)
  
184 daily

Opened
  
1916

Line(s)
  
Suigun Line

Address
  
Japan

Iwaki-Tanakura Station

Location
  
Tanagura Kitamachi 56, Tanagura, Higashishirakawa, Fukushima (福島県東白川郡棚倉町大字棚倉字北町56) Japan

Similar
  
Nakatoyo Station, Iwaki‑Asakawa Station, Chikatsu Station, Iwaki‑Hanawa Station, Iwaki‑Ishikawa Station

Iwaki-Tanakura Station (磐城棚倉駅, Iwaki-Tanakura-eki) is a railway station on the Suigun Line in Tanagura, Fukushima, Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

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Lines

Iwaki-Tanakura Station is served by the Suigun Line, and is located 90.5 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Mito Station.

Station layout

Iwaki-Tanakura Station has a single island platform connected to the station building by an overhead passage. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

History

Iwaki-Tanakura Station opened on November 29, 1916 as a station on the Hakuho Raukway. The Japan Government Railway’s Suigun Line connected to the station on November 11, 1932, and the Hakuho Railway was nationalized on May 1, 1941, and discontinued on December 11, 1944. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.

Surrounding area

  • Tanagura Town Hall
  • Tanagura Post Office
  • site of Tanagura Castle
  • Japan National Route 118
  • Japan National Route 289
  • References

    Iwaki-Tanakura Station Wikipedia