Kōriyama Station (Fukushima)

Kōriyama Station (郡山駅, Kōriyama-eki) is a railway station in the city of Kōriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East), with a freight terminal operated by the Japan Freight Railway Company.

Kōriyama Station 郡山駅
Kōriyama Station, 2017
Location	195 Hiuchida, Kōriyama-shi, Fukushima-ken 963-8002 Japan
Coordinates	37.398289°N 140.388794°E / 37.398289; 140.388794
Operated by	JR East Japan Freight Railway Company
Line(s)	Tohoku Shinkansen ■ Tohoku Main Line ■ Banetsu East Line ■ Banetsu West Line ■ Suigun Line
Platforms	3 island + 1 bay platform
Connections	Bus terminal
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	July 16, 1887
Traffic
Passengers (FY2016)	18,111 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Shin-Shirakawa (limited service) toward Tokyo Tōhoku Shinkansen Yamabiko (limited service) Fukushima toward Morioka Shin-Shirakawa toward Tokyo Tōhoku Shinkansen Nasuno Terminus Utsunomiya toward Tokyo Yamagata Shinkansen Tsubasa Fukushima toward Shinjō Asaka-Nagamori toward Kuroiso Tōhoku Main Line Local Hiwada toward Morioka Asaka-Nagamori toward Mito Suigun Line Terminus Terminus Ban'etsu East Line Rapid Abukuma Miharu toward Iwaki Ban'etsu East Line Local Akai toward Iwaki Koriyamatomita toward Kitakata Ban'etsu West Line Rapid Terminus Koriyamatomita toward Niitsu Ban'etsu West Line Local
Location
Kōriyama Station Location within Fukushima Prefecture Show map of Fukushima Prefecture Kōriyama Station Kōriyama Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Kōriyama Station is served by the high-speed Tōhoku Shinkansen line and Tōhoku Main Line, and is located 226.7 km from the official starting point of the Tōhoku Main Line at Tokyo. It is also served by the Banetsu East Line and is 85.6 km from the starting point of that line at Iwaki. It is also a terminus for the Suigun Line and the Banetsu West Line.[1]

Station layout

The Tohoku Shinkansen platform, July 2009

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.[1]

Platforms

1	■ Banetsu West Line	for Inawashiro, and Aizu-Wakamatsu
2, 3, 4	■ Tōhoku Main Line	for Shirakawa and Kuroiso for Nihonmatsu and Fukushima
5	■ Suigun Line	for Iwaki-Ishikawa and Mito
6	■ Ban'etsu East Line	for Miharu and Iwaki

11	■ Tōhoku Shinkansen	for Ōmiya, and Tokyo
12	■ Tōhoku Shinkansen	for Fukushima, Sendai and Morioka for Yonezawa, Yamagata, and Shinjō (Yamagata Shinkansen)
13	■ Tōhoku Shinkansen	for Ōmiya, and Tokyo

History

Komiyama Station opened on July 16, 1887 with service on the Nippon Railway between Kōriyama and Kuroiso. The line was extended to {{STN|Sendai|Miyagi]] and Shiogama on December 15, 1887. Services on the Ganetsu Line began from July 26, 1898. The station building was rebuilt in 1900. In 1906, the Nippon Railway became the Japanese Government Railway and the station was rebuilt in 1913. On October 10, 1917 the name of Ganetsu Line was changed to Banetsu Line. The station was rebuilt in 1951 and once again in 1980. From June 23, 1982 services on the Tohoku Shinkansen began.[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 18,110 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2] Data for previous years as follows:

Fiscal year	Daily average number of passengers
2000	18,834
2001	18,931
2002	18,415
2003	18,353
2004	18,434
2005	18,355
2006	18,380
2007	18,249
2008	17,716
2009	17,217
2010	16,417
2011	15,904
2012	17,382
2013	17,931[3]
2014	17,747
2015	18,142

Surrounding area

Kōriyama Station is located in the centre of the city of Kōriyama.

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. 郡山駅・会津若松駅・三春駅ほか (Koriyama Station, Aizu-Wakamatsu Station, Miharu Station, etc). 週刊 JR全駅・全車両基地 (in Japanese). 50. Asahi Newspaper Publishing. 2013-08-04. pp. 5, 7, 8, 10. ASIN B00DNBCZL0.
2. 各駅の乗車人員 (2016年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2016)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
3. 東日本 各駅の乗車人員 JR東日本 各駅の乗車人員]

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)