Hirota Station
Hirota Station (広田駅, Hirota-eki) is a railway station on the Ban'etsu West Line in the city of Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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 Hirota Station, June 2008 | |||||||||||||||
| Location | Nakajima Hirota Kawahigashi-machi, Aizuwakamatsu-shi, Fukushima-ken 969-3471 Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37.5493°N 139.9334°E | ||||||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg.png.webp){kind=logo} JR East | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Ban'etsu West Line | ||||||||||||||
| Distance | 60.0 km from Kōriyama | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | July 15, 1899 | ||||||||||||||
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  Hirota Station Location within Fukushima Prefecture  Hirota Station Hirota Station (Japan) | |||||||||||||||
Lines
Hirota Station is served by the Ban'etsu West Line, and is located 60.0 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Kōriyama.
Station layout
Hirota Station has a one side platform and one island platform connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station is unattended.
Platforms
| 1 | ■ Ban'etsu West Line | for Inawashiro, Bandai-Atami and Koriyama |
| 2, 3 | ■ Ban'etsu West Line | for Aizu-Wakamatsu, Kitakata |
History
Hirota Station opened on July 15, 1899. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. The station building burned down o December 31, 2007 and was rebuilt in June 2008.
Surrounding area
- former Kawahigashi Town Hall
- Hirota Post Office
See also
External links
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- JR East Station information (in Japanese)
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