Kashima Station (Fukushima)

Kashima Station (鹿島駅, Kashima-eki) is a railway station in the city of Minamisōma, Fukushima, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Kashima Station

鹿島駅
Kashima Station in August 2014
LocationKashima Maenouchi, Kashima-ku, Minamisōma-shi, Fukushima-ken 979-2335
Japan
Coordinates37.7030°N 140.9703°E / 37.7030; 140.9703
Operated by JR East
Line(s)■ Jōban Line
Distance294.4 km from Nippori
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
Websitewww.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=429
History
Opened3 April 1898
Passengers
FY2015318
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station
Haranomachi
toward Shinagawa
 Jōban Line
Local-Futsuu
 Nittaki
toward Sendai
Location
Kashima Station
Location within Fukushima Prefecture
Kashima Station
Kashima Station (Japan)

Lines

Kashima Station is served by the Joban Line, and is located 294.4 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori in Tokyo.

Station layout

The station has two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is unattended.

Platforms
1 ■ Joban Line for Haranomachi
2 ■ Joban Line for Sōma

History

Kashima Station opened on 3 April 1898. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the operational control of JR East. Due to damage to the line caused by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, trains from Kashima were able to travel as far as Sōma Station to the north and Haranomachi Station to the south. Services south towards Odaka station resumed in July 2016. Full services to the north resumed in December 2016. Service was extended to Namie resumed on 1 April 2017.[1] Services between Namie and Tatsuta remain suspended until at least the year 2020.[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 318 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]

Surrounding area
  • Former Kashima Town Hall
  • Kashima Post Office

See also

References
  1. "Photo Journal: All aboard". Mainichi Daily News. April 2017.
  2. Fukushima International Association
  3. 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
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