Aizu-Wakamatsu Station

Aizu-Wakamatsu Station (会津若松駅, Aizu-wakamatsu-eki) is a railway station in the city of Aizuwakamatsu, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. It is the main station for Aizu-Wakamatsu and surrounding areas. The station also has a freight terminal operated by Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).

Aizu-Wakamatsu Station 会津若松駅
Aizu-Wakamatsu Station, platform 1
Location	Ekimae-cho, Aizuwakamatsu-shi, Fukushima-ken 965-0041 Japan
Coordinates	37°30′30″N 139°55′48″E
Operated by	JR East Aizu Railway JR Freight
Line(s)	■ Ban'etsu West Line ■ Tadami Line ■ Aizu Line
Platforms	2 bay + 1 side + 1 island platform
Tracks	5
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi )
Website	Official website
History
Opened	July 15, 1899
Previous names	Wakamatsu (until 1917)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2017)	2,669 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Shiokawa toward Kitakata Ban'etsu West Line Rapid Hirota toward Kōriyama Shiokawa toward Niitsu Ban'etsu West Line Rapid Agano Terminus Dōjima toward Niitsu Ban'etsu West Line Local Hirota toward Kōriyama Nanukamachi toward Koide Tadami Line Terminus Preceding station Aizu Railway Following station Nanukamachi toward Shimo-Imaichi Aizu Mount Express Terminus Nanukamachi toward Aizukōgen-Ozeguchi Aizu Line Rapid Torokko Local
Location
Aizu-Wakamatsu Station Location within Fukushima Prefecture Show map of Fukushima Prefecture Aizu-Wakamatsu Station Aizu-Wakamatsu Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Main Entrance

SL Banetsu Monogatari at Platform 2

Lines

Aizu-Wakamatsu Station is served by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) Banetsu West Line and is 64.6 kilometers from the terminus of that line at Kōriyama. It is also the terminal station from the JE East Tadami Line. Most trains of the Aizu Railway Aizu Line, which officially terminates at Nishi-Wakamatsu, continue on to Aizu-Wakamatsu Station using the JR East tracks.

Station layout

In the forecourt of the station there is a bus terminal, taxi rank and car park. The station building, located on the eastern side of the tracks, contains a gift shop (including bento and souvenirs), travel agency (View Plaza), and Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. Aizu-Wakamatsu Station has five platforms. Platform 1 and 2 are bay platforms. Platform 1 is immediately inside the ticket gate and most trains to Koriyama depart from here. Moving westward there is a storage track then platforms 2 and 3. The tracks at platform 1 and 2 are a dead end and an overhead walkway at the end connects platforms 2/3 to platform 1 and the rest of the station. Platforms 4 and 5 are accessed via a footbridge.

Platforms

1	■ Banetsu West Line	for Bandaimachi, Inawashiro, and Koriyama for Kitakata
2	■ Banetsu West Line	for Bandaimachi, Inawashiro, and Koriyama for Kitakata, Tsugawa, Niitsu, and Niigata
3	■ Banetsu West Line	for Kitakata, Tsugawa, Niitsu, and Niigata
	■ Tadami Line	for Aizu-Bange, Tadami, and Koide
4	■ Tadami Line	for Aizu-Bange, Tadami, and Koide
5	■ Aizu Line	for Aizu-Tajima and Aizukōgen-Ozeguchi

Aizu Liner Rapid service, May 2010

History

The station opened on July 15, 1899, as Wakamatsu Station (若松駅) of the Ganetsu Railway. On May 21, 1917, the station was renamed Aizu-Wakamatsu. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 2669 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	Daily average
2000	3,595[2]
2005	2,996[3]
2010	2,766[4]
2015	2,781[5]

Webcam

There is a webcam installed by NTT East on the walkway between platforms 1 and 2/3. This gives a view of trains using platforms 1 and 2. The camera provides both video and sound using a 512 kbit/s stream. The webcam was discontinued as of 31/3/2017.

Surrounding area

• Aizuwakamatsu Fire Station
• Aizu Bus Ekimae Terminal
• National Route 118

Bus terminal

Highway buses

• Yume Kaido Aizu; For Ōji Station, Ikebukuro Station, and Shinjuku Station[6]
• For Sendai Station[6]
• For Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Station, and Fukushima Race Course[6]
• For Kōriyama Station, and Iwaki Station[6]
• For Nozawa Station[6]
• For Nishiaizu, Aga, Agano, Nigata Station, and Bandai City Bus Center[6]

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. 各駅の乗車人員 (2017年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2017)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
2. 各駅の乗車人員 (2000年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2001. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
3. 各駅の乗車人員 (2005年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2006. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
4. 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2011. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
5. 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
6. 高速バス - 会津バス. www.aizubus.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2016-01-29.

External links

• JR East Station information (in Japanese)