Momouchi Station

Momouchi Station 桃内駅
Momouchi Station in March 2008
General information
Location	Odaka-ku, Mimidani Momouchi 2, Minamisōma-shi, Fukushima-ken 979-2151 Japan
Coordinates	37°31′43″N 140°59′03″E / 37.5285°N 140.9842°E / 37.5285; 140.9842
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Jōban Line
Distance	273.5 km from Nippori
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=1564
History
Opened	10 August 1948
Passengers
2004	41 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Namie towards Shinagawa Jōban Line Local-Futsuu Odaka towards Sendai
Location
Momouchi Station Location within Fukushima Prefecture Show map of Fukushima Prefecture Momouchi Station Momouchi Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

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

Lines

Momouchi Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 273.5 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori.

It's the only station of Jōban Line where Suica, as well as other IC cards in Japan, can't be used to pay fares.

Station layout

The station has a side platform and one island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is unstaffed.

Platforms

History

Momouchi Station was opened on 10 August 1948. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987. The station was closed on 11 March 2011 following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, and reopened on 1 April 2017.^[1]

Surrounding area

• former Odata Town Hall
• Odaka Post Office
• National Route 6

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Momouchi Station.

• Official website (in Japanese)

This page was last edited on 14 December 2022, at 05:06