Operated by JR East Distance 277.5 km from Nippori Address Japan Platforms in use 2 | Line(s) ■ Joban Line Passengers (FY2010) 811 daily Opened 11 May 1898 | |
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Location 1-140 Higashimachi, Odaka-ku, Minamisōma-shi, Fukushima-ken
Japan Similar Haranomachi Station, Tatsuta Station, Iwaki‑Ōta Station, Momouchi Station, Kashima Station | ||
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Odaka Station (小高駅, Odaka-eki) is a railway station on the Joban Line in Minamisōma, Fukushima, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Operations of the station were suspended in March 2011 following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, with services partially resuming in July 2016.
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Lines
Odaka Station is served by the Joban Line, and is located 277.5 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori Station in Tokyo.
Station layout
Odaka Station has two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge.
History
Odaka Station opened on 11 May 1898. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987. The station was closed on 11 March 2011 following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. The station reopened on 12 July 2016 with the reopening of the section of the Joban Line between Odaka and Haranomachi. The section southward to Namie is scheduled to reopen in spring 2017.