Kōriyama Station (Fukushima)

Kōriyama Station 郡山駅
Kōriyama Station
Location	195 Hiuchida, Kōriyama, Fukushima （福島県郡山市字燧田195） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Tohoku Shinkansen ■ Tohoku Main Line ■ Banetsu East Line ■ Banetsu West Line ■ Suigun Line
Connections	Bus terminal
History
Opened	1887
Traffic
Passengers (FY2013)	17,931 daily
Location
Kōriyama Station Location within Japan

Kōriyama Station (郡山駅 Kōriyama-eki) is a railway station in Koriyama, Fukushima, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Kōriyama Station is served by the high-speed Tohoku Shinkansen line and Tōhoku Main Line, and is located 226.7 km from the official starting point of the Tohoku Main Line at Tokyo Station. It is also served by the Banetsu East Line and is 85.6 km from the starting point of that line at Iwaki Station. It is also a terminus for the Suigun Line and the Banetsu West Line.

Station layout

The Tohoku Shinkansen platform, July 2009

Kōriyama Station has two island platforms and one bay platform serving trains on the conventional (narrow gauge) lines, and one island platform and one side platform for shinkansen traffic. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Tohoku Shinkansen
Shin-Shirakawa		Yamabiko/Tsubasa	Fukushima
Shin-Shirakawa		Nasuno	Terminus
Tohoku Main Line
Asaka-Nagamori		-	Hiwada
Banetsu East Line
Mōgi		-	Terminus
Banetsu West Line
Terminus		Aizu Liner		Kikuta or Bandai-Atami
Terminus		Local Rapid	Kikuta
Suigun Line
Asaka-Nagamori		-	Terminus

All Nasuno Shinkansen services from Tokyo terminate at this station.

History

• July 16, 1887: Service is started between Kōriyama and Kuroiso
• December 15, 1887: Service to Sendai and Shiogama starts
• July 26, 1898: Service on the Ganetsu Line starts
• October 10, 1917: Name of Ganetsu Line is changed to Banetsu Line
• June 23, 1982: Tohoku Shinkansen service starts.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, the station was used by an average of 17,931 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

Fiscal year	Daily average number of passengers
2000	18,834
2001	18,931
2002	18,415
2003	18,353
2004	18,434
2005	18,355
2006	18,380
2007	18,249
2008	17,716
2009	17,217
2010	16,417
2011	15,904
2012	17,382
2013	17,931

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. 東日本 各駅の乗車人員 JR東日本 各駅の乗車人員]

External links

• JR East Station information (Japanese)

Coordinates: 37°23′54″N 140°23′20″E / 37.398289°N 140.388794°E