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Kōriyama Station (Fukushima)

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Operated by
  
JR East

Passengers (FY2013)
  
17,931 daily

Connections
  
Bus terminal

Opened
  
1887

Kōriyama Station (Fukushima)

Location
  
195 Hiuchida, Kōriyama, Fukushima (福島県郡山市字燧田195) Japan

Line(s)
  
■ Tohoku Shinkansen ■ Tohoku Main Line ■ Banetsu East Line ■ Banetsu West Line ■ Suigun Line

Address
  
195 Hiuchida, Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture 963-8003, Japan

Similar
  
Fukushima Station, Asaka‑Nagamori Station, Aizu‑Wakamatsu Station, Shin‑Shirakawa Station, Hiwada Station

Kōriyama Station (郡山駅, Kōriyama-eki) is a railway station in Koriyama, Fukushima, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

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Lines

Kōriyama Station is served by the high-speed Tohoku Shinkansen line and Tōhoku Main Line, and is located 226.7 km from the official starting point of the Tohoku Main Line at Tokyo Station. It is also served by the Banetsu East Line and is 85.6 km from the starting point of that line at Iwaki Station. It is also a terminus for the Suigun Line and the Banetsu West Line.

Station layout

Kōriyama Station has two island platforms and one bay platform serving trains on the conventional (narrow gauge) lines, and one island platform and one side platform for shinkansen traffic. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Adjacent stations

All Nasuno Shinkansen services from Tokyo terminate at this station.

History

  • July 16, 1887: Service is started between Kōriyama and Kuroiso
  • December 15, 1887: Service to Sendai and Shiogama starts
  • July 26, 1898: Service on the Ganetsu Line starts
  • October 10, 1917: Name of Ganetsu Line is changed to Banetsu Line
  • June 23, 1982: Tohoku Shinkansen service starts.
  • Passenger statistics

    In fiscal 2013, the station was used by an average of 17,931 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

    References

    Kōriyama Station (Fukushima) Wikipedia


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