Haranomachi Station

Haranomachi Station
原ノ町駅

Haranomachi Station in May 2011
Location Asahi-cho 2-27-2, Haramachi-ku, Minamisōma-shi, Fukushima-ken 975-0004
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s) ■ Joban Line
Distance 286.9 km from Nippori
Other information
Website www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=1259
History
Opened 3 April 1898
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014) 593 daily
Location
Haranomachi Station
Location within Japan

Haranomachi Station (原ノ町駅 Haranomachi-eki) is a railway station on the Joban Line in Minamisōma, Fukushima, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Haranomachi Station is served by the Joban Line, and is located 286.9 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori Station. However, due to damage to the line caused by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in March 2011, trains from Haranomachi are able to travel only as far as Sōma Station to the north, and are unable to travel further south than this station. Full services are not expected to resume until after 2017. Services toward Odaka station will resume 2016.

Station layout

Haranomachi Station has a side platform and an island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket counter.

Platforms

1 ■ Joban Line for Nittaki and Sōma
2 ■ Joban Line (not in use)
3 ■ Joban Line for Nittaki and Sōma

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Joban Line
Terminus   Local   Kashima

History

The station building in April 1990

Haranomachi Station opened on 3 April 1898.[1] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.[1]

The station in December 2012, with the two stranded trains visible on the left

Train services from the station were suspended following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on 11 March 2011. From 21 December 2011, limited services were restored on the section of the Joban Line between Haranomachi and Sōma.[2]

In March 2016, the two trains, a four-car 651 series (Super Hitachi) EMU and a 415-1500 series EMU, stranded at the station since the March 2011 tsunami, were removed by road for scrapping.[3]

Future plans

Services on the line are scheduled to be extended two stations to the south - to Odaka Station - from spring 2016.[4]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 593 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[5] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year Daily average
2000 2,336[6]
2005 1,991[7]
2010 1,679[8]
2011 N/A
2012 619[9]
2013 613[10]
2014 593[5]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. II. Japan: JTB. p. 436. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  2. ↑ 常磐線の運転計画について [Joban Line operation schedule] (PDF). News release (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original (pdf) on 30 January 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  3. ↑ 震災で止まって置き去りの電車、撤去作業開始 [Work starts to remove trains stranded since earthquake disaster]. Livedoor News (in Japanese). Japan: Line Corporation. 14 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  4. ↑ ＜常磐線＞全線復旧決定　富岡－浪江は除染後 [Line to be fully reopened - Tomioka-Yoshie after decontamination]. Kahoku Shimpo Online News (in Japanese). Japan: Kahoku Shimpo Publishing. 11 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  5. 1 2 各駅の乗車人員 (2014年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2014)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  6. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2000年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2001. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  7. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2005年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2006. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  8. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  9. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2012年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2012)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  10. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2013年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2013)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
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