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
General information
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)
Passengers
FY2023	2,164 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Shiokawa towards Kitakata Ban'etsu West Line Rapid Hirota towards Kōriyama Shiokawa towards Niitsu Ban'etsu West Line Rapid Agano Terminus Dōjima towards Niitsu Ban'etsu West Line Local Hirota towards Kōriyama Nanukamachi towards Koide Tadami Line Terminus Preceding station Aizu Railway Following station Nanukamachi towards Aizu-Tajima Aizu Line Rapid Relay Terminus Nanukamachi towards Aizukōgen-Ozeguchi Aizu Line 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 JR 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 as part of the Ganetsu Railway on July 15, 1899, with the name Wakamatsu Station (若松駅).^[1] On May 21, 1917, the station was renamed to Aizu-Wakamatsu Station in order to distinguish it from Wakamatsu Station in Fukuoka Prefecture.^[1] 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 year 2023, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 2164 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[2] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	Daily average
2000	3,595[3]
2005	2,996[4]
2010	2,766[5]
2015	2,781[6]
2020	1,747[7]

Webcam

There was a webcam installed by NTT East on the walkway between platforms 1 and 2/3. This gave a view of trains using platforms 1 and 2. The camera provided both video and sound using a 512 kbit/s stream.^{[citation needed]} The webcam was discontinued as of March 31, 2017.^[8]

Surrounding area

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

Bus terminal

Station Square

Route buses

Bus stop	No	Via	destination	Company	Note
1	Ecoron	circular-route	Aizu Wakamatsu Station	Hirota Taxi
	Chuō Hospital・Iai Danchi Line	University of Aizu	Iai Danchi East Gate	Aizu Bus
	Sengoku・Shinmei Line	Shimei・Sengoku	Aizu　Wakamatsu	Aizu Bus	This route was originally Machinaka circular-route Line until 2019

Bus stop	No	Via	destination	Company	Note
2	Kanebori Line	Takizawa Myokokuji-Temple Iriguchi	Kanebori	Aizu Bus
	Matsunaga Danchi・Nishiwakamatsu Line	Tsuruga Castle	Nishi Wakamatsu Station	Aizu Bus
	Jinai Kōkō Line		Jinai kōkō	Aizu Bus

Bus stop	No	Via	destination	Company	Note
3	Yonedai-Nichōme・Nishiwakamatsu Line		Nishi wakamatsu	Aizu Bus

Bus stop	No	Via	destination	Company	Note
4	Haikara-san Line	Iimori Hill→Nanukamachi Station (circular-route)	Aizu Wakamatsu	Aizu Bus
	Akabē Line	Nanukamachi Station→Iimori Hill (circular-route)	Aizu Wakamatsu	Aizu Bus

in front of the Station Bus stop

Route buses

Bus stop	No	Via	destination	Company	Note
	Ngaino Line	Nishi Wakamatsu Station・Tsuruga Castle・Aizu-Takada Station	Nagaino	Aizu Bus
	Hongō Line	Nishi Wakamatsu Station	Hongō Shako	Aizu Bus
	Oikawa Line	Tsuruga Castle	Oikawa Station	Aizu Bus
	Kita-aizu・Nītsuru Line		Kita-Aizu Shisyo	Aizu Bus
		Niitsuru Station	Nītsuru Onsen
	MatsunagaDanchi・Ashinomaki Line	Monden Station・Ashinomaki-Onsen Station	Ashinomaki Shako	Aizu Bus
	Yonedai・Kōtō Line	Hirota Station	Shima (Oikawa　Station East)	Aizu Bus
	Bange Line	Nanukamachi Station・Aizu-Bange Station	Bange Office	Aizu Bus
	Minato Line	Hirota Station	Takasaka (Lake Inawashiro)	Aizu Bus
	Kumakura・Kitakata Line	Hirota Station	Kitakata Station	Aizu Bus
	Shiokawa・Kitakata Line	Shiokawa Station	Kitakata Station	Aizu Bus
	Shirakawa-Aizu Wakamatsu Line	Ōuchi-juku・Aizu-Shimogō Station・Shin-Shirakawa Station	Shirakawa Station	Fukushima Transportation	Runs only during Summer and Autumn(April–November)

Highway buses

Bus stop	No	Via	destination	Company	Note
	Yume Kaidō Aizu	Oji Station・Ikebukuro Station	Shinjuku Station[9]	Aizu Bus
		Oji Station	Tokyo Station	Aizu Bus
	Yume Kaidō Aizu (Night bus)	Oji Station・Ikebukuro Station・Shinjuku Station・Tokyo Station	Tokyo Disney Resort	Aizu Bus・Chiba Kōtsū
	AizuWakamatsu-Kōriyama-Iwaki Line	Kōriyama Station・Iwaki Station	Spa Resort Hawaiians	Aizu Bus
	Fukushima・Sendai Airport Line	Kōriyama Station・Nihonmatsu・Fukushima Station	Fukushima Race Course	Aizu Bus
		Kōriyama Station	Sendai Airport	Aizu Bus
	Sendai Line		Sendai Station	Aizu Bus	extend this line to Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi bus stop on holding baseball game
	Niigata Line	Niigata Station	Bandai City Bus Center/Niigata Airport	Aizu Bus
			Nozawa Station	Aizu Bus

Eki-mae Happy Parking　Bus stop

No	Via	destination	Company	Note
Aizu Line (Night bus)	Ōmiya Station・Tokyo Station	Futamata-Shinmachi Station	Sakura Kōtsū

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. "Reiwa Go-Nen Do Ban Aizuwakamatsu no Shisei" 令和5年度版　会津若松の市勢 [Aizuwakamatsu Census, 2023 Edition] (PDF) (in Japanese). Aizuwakamatsu City. 5 September 2023. p. 6. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
2. 各駅の乗車人員 (2023年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal Year 2023)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
3. 各駅の乗車人員 (2000年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal Year 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2001. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
4. 各駅の乗車人員 (2005年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal Year 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2006. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
5. 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal Year 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2011. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
6. 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal Year 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
7. 各駅の乗車人員 (2020年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal Year 2020)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
8. ふくしまの窓から [From the Window of Fukushima] (in Japanese). Japan: NTT East. Archived from the original on 9 March 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
9. 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)