Iwaki Station (Fukushima)

{{short description|Railway station in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Iwaki Station

| style = JR East

| native_name = いわき駅

| native_name_lang = ja

| type =

| image = いわき駅.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Iwaki Station south entrance in May 2010

| other_name =

| address = 1 Tamachi, Taira, Iwaki-shi, Fukushima-ken 970-8026

| country = Japan

| coordinates = {{Coord|37.058175|140.892131|display=inline, title}}

| operator = 20px JR East

| line = {{Plainlist|

{{colorbull|mediumblue}} Joban Line
{{colorbull|purple}} Banetsu East Line

}}

| distance = 209.4 km from {{STN|Nippori|x}}

| platforms = 3 island platforms

| tracks =

| connections = Bus terminal

| structure =

| code =

| status = Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi )

| website = {{official|1=http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=166}}

| opened = {{start date and age|1897|02|25|df=y}}

| rebuilt = {{start date and age|2009}}

| closed =

| former = Taira (until 1994)

| passengers = 5872 daily

| pass_year = FY2018

| map_type = Japan Fukushima Prefecture#Japan

| map_dot_label = Iwaki Station

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=JR East

|line1=Hitachi|note-mid1=|left1=Yumoto|right1=Hirono

|line3=Joban|left3=Uchigō|right3=Kusano|note-mid3=Local-Futsuu

|line4=Ban'etsu East|left4=Ogawagō|note-mid4=Rapid Abukuma

|line5=Ban'etsu East|left5=Akai|note-mid5=Local}}

}}

{{Nihongo|Iwaki Station|いわき駅|Iwaki-eki}} is a railway station in the city of Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).{{cite book|title=郡山駅・会津若松駅・三春駅ほか (Koriyama Station, Aizu-Wakamatsu Station, Miharu Station, etc)|series=週刊 JR全駅・全車両基地|volume=50|date=2013-08-04|publisher=Asahi Newspaper Publishing|language=ja|asin=B00DNBCZL0|page=20}}

Lines

Iwaki Station is served by both the Jōban Line and the Banetsu East Line. It is located 209.4 km from the official starting point of the Jōban Line at {{STN|Nippori|x}} in Tokyo. From the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in March 2011 to March 2020, Iwaki Station became the northern terminus for limited express train services on the line. The station is also the eastern terminus of the Banetsu East Line and is located 85.6 kilometers from the opposing terminus at {{STN|Kōriyama|x|Fukushima}}.

Station layout

Iwaki Station is an elevated station with three opposed island platforms, connected by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

=Platforms=

{{jpfm|pfn=1,2|span=2|first=2|name= Joban Line|col= mediumblue |dir= for {{STN|Isohara|x}}, {{STN|Takahagi|x}}, {{STN|Hitachi|x}}, {{STN|Katsuta|x}}, {{STN|Mito|x|Ibaraki}} {{STN|Tomobe|x}}, {{STN|Ishioka|x}} and {{STN|Tsuchiura|x}}}}

{{jpfm|name=Jōban Line (Limited Express)|col= mediumblue |dir= for {{STN|Takahagi|x}}, {{STN|Mito|x|Ibaraki}}, {{STN|Ueno|x}}, {{STN|Tokyo|x}} and {{STN|Shinagawa|x}}}}

{{jpfm|pfn=2-5|span=2|name= Jōban Line |col= mediumblue |dir= for Takahagi, Mito and Tsuchiura}}

{{jpfm|name= Jōban Line |col= mediumblue |dir= for {{STN|Hisanohama|x}}, {{STN|Tomioka|x}}, {{STN|Namie|x}}, {{STN|Haranomachi|x}}, {{STN|Sōma|x}} and {{STN|Sendai|x|Miyagi}}}}

{{jpf|pfn=6|first=3|name= Banetsu East Line |col= purple |dir= for {{STN|Ogawagō|x}}, {{STN|Ononiimachi|x}} and {{STN|Kōriyama|x|Fukushima}}}}

File:JR_Iwaki_Sta_002.jpg|Iwaki Station passageway

History

The station opened on 25 February 1897 as {{Nihongo|Taira Station|平駅}}. On 10 October 1917 the Banetsu East Line was extended from to {{STN|Kōriyama|x|Fukushima}}.{{citation needed|date=December 2016}} With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East. It was renamed Iwaki on 3 December 1994. A new station building was completed on 19 June 2009.{{citation needed|date=November 2014}}

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 5872 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).{{cite web |url= http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2018_03.html|script-title=ja: 各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度)|trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)|year= 2019|publisher= East Japan Railway Company|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 11 April 2020}}