Namie Station

Namie Station (浪江駅, Namie-eki) is a railway station in the town of Namie, Fukushima, Japan. Due to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, services were suspended from 11 March 2011 to 1 April 2017.

Namie Station 浪江駅
Namie Station in March 2008
General information
Location	Gogendo Tsugoe 8, Namie-machi, Futaba-gun, Fukushima-ken 979-1521 Japan
Coordinates	37.4921°N 140.9897°E / 37.4921; 140.9897
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Jōban Line
Distance	268.6 km from Nippori
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Other information
Status	unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	23 August 1898; 126 years ago (1898-08-23)
Passengers
FY2018	24 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Futaba towards Shinagawa Hitachi Haranomachi towards Sendai Jōban Line Local-Futsuu Momouchi towards Sendai
Location Namie Station Location within Fukushima Prefecture Show map of Fukushima Prefecture Namie Station Namie Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Namie Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 268.6 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori.

Station layout

Namie Station has a side platform and one island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is unstaffed.

Platforms

1	■ Jōban Line	for Tomioka, Iwaki, Isohara, Takahagi, Hitachi, Katsuta, Mito, Ishioka and Tsuchiura
2	■ Jōban Line	for Haranomachi, Soma and Sendai
3	■ Jōban Line	for Haranomachi

History

Namie Station was opened on 23 August 1898. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987. The station was closed on 11 March 2011 following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. Services between Namie and Odaka resumed on 1 April 2017.^[1] Services between Namie and Tomioka remain suspended until reopened in March 2020.^[2] It became a unstaffed station from March 14, 2020.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 24 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[3] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	Daily average
2000	1,057[4]
2005	904[5]
2010	734[6]
2015	0 (Services suspended)

Surrounding area

• Namie Town Hall
• Namie Post Office
• National Route 6

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. "Photo Journal: All aboard". Mainichi Daily News. April 1, 2017.
2. "The JR Joban Line from Namie Station to Odaka Station has been reopened". Fukushima International Association. April 8, 2017.
3. 各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度) (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
4. 各駅の乗車人員 (2000年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2001. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
5. 各駅の乗車人員 (2005年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2006. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
6. 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2011. Retrieved March 14, 2016.

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)