Operated by JR East Passengers (FY 2013) 1184 daily | Opened 1887 | |
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Similar Kanayagawa Station, Minami‑Fukushima Station, Higashi‑Fukushima Station, Adachi Station, Gohyakugawa Station | ||
Matsukawa Station (松川駅, Matsukawa-eki) is a railway station on the Tōhoku Main Line in the city of Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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Lines
Matsukawa Station is served by the Tōhoku Main Line, and is located 259.5 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Tokyo Station.
Station layout
Matsukawa Station has one island platform and one side platform connected to the station building by an overhead passageway.
History
The station opened on December 15, 1887 when the Nippon Railway extended the line from Kōriyama to Shiogama. The Kawamata Line, running between Matsukawa and Iwaki-Kawamata operated from this station from March 1, 1926 to May 14, 1972.The Matsukawa derailment, an alleged sabotage that resulted in the derailment of a train, occurred near the station on August 17, 1949. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.