Hirono Station (Fukushima)

Hirono Station 広野駅
File:JR Hirono station (Fukushima) 20070309.jpg Station building, March 2008
Location	Shimoasamigawa, Hirono, Futaba, Fukushima （福島県双葉郡広野町大字下浅見川） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Jōban Line
History
Opened	1898
Traffic
Passengers (FY2013)	132 daily

Hirono Station (広野駅, Hirono eki) is a JR East railway station located in Hirono, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

Hirono Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 232.4 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori Station. However, due to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011, operations were halted. Operations south of the station were resumed on June 1, 2014, however operations north past Tatsuta Station remain suspended indefinitely.

Station layout

Hirono Station has one island platform and one side platform connected to the station building by an overhead passageway.

Platforms

1	■ Jōban Line	for Tatsuta
2	■ Jōban Line	for Iwaki and Mito (starting trains)
3	■ Jōban Line	for Iwaki and Mito

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Joban Line
Rapid: no stop
Suetsugi		Local		Kido

History

Hirono Station opened on August 23, 1898. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.

On March 11, 2011, the station closed following the Great East Japan earthquake and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. On June 1, 2014, the station resumed operations to the south, but only as far as Tatsuta Station to the north.

Surrounding area

• Hirono Post Office
• Hirono Post Office
• Japan National Route 6

External links

• Station information JR East Station Information (Japanese)