Nakayamajuku Station

Railway station in Kōriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan

37°29′44″N 140°13′10″E / 37.4955°N 140.2195°E / 37.4955; 140.2195Operated by

JR EastLine(s)■ Ban'etsu West Line Distance20.8 km from KōriyamaPlatforms2 side platformsOther informationStatusUnstaffedWebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpenedMarch 10, 1899Services

Preceding station	JR East			Following station
Jōko towards Niitsu		Ban'etsu West Line Local		Bandai-Atami towards Kōriyama

Location
Nakayamajuku Station Location within Japan

Nakayamajuku Station (中山宿駅, Nakayamajuku-eki) is a railway station on the Ban'etsu West Line in the city of Kōriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Nakayamajuku Station is served by the Ban'etsu West Line, and is located 20.8 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Kōriyama.^[1]

Station layout

Nakayamajuku Station has one side platform serving a single bi-directional track. There is no station building, but only a small shelter on the platform. The station is unattended. There was a switchback at this station before 1997. Since then the station platform was relocated and the switchback was demolished due to tunnel construction.^[1]

History

Nakayamajuku Station opened on July 26, 1898 as a provisional stop, and was officially made a station on March 10, 1899. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.^[1]

Surrounding area

National Route 49

References

^ ^a ^b ^c 郡山駅・会津若松駅・三春駅ほか (Koriyama Station, Aizu-Wakamatsu Station, Miharu Station, etc). 週刊 JR全駅・全車両基地 (in Japanese). Vol. 50. Asahi Newspaper Publishing. 2013-08-04. p. 23. ASIN B00DNBCZL0.