Okinashima Station

Okinashima Station 翁島駅
File:Okinashima-Station.jpg Okinashima Station, February 2012
Location	2477 Iwanenaka, Inawashiro, Yama, Fukushima （福島県耶麻郡猪苗代町大字磐根中2477） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Ban'etsu West Line
History
Opened	1899
Traffic
Passengers (FY 2013)	27 daily

Okinashima Station (翁島駅, Okinashima-eki) is a railway station on the Ban'etsu West Line in Inawashiro, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Okinashima Station is served by the Ban'etsu West Line, and is located 41.1 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Kōriyama Station.

Station layout

Okinashima Station has two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station is unattended.

Platforms

1	■ Ban'etsu West Line	for Bandaimachi, Aizu-Wakamatsu and Kitakata
2	■ Ban'etsu West Line	for Inawashiro, Bandai-Atami and Kōriyama

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Ban'etsu West Line
Aizu Liner: no stop
Inawashiro		Rapid		Bandaimachi
Inawashiro		Local		Bandaimachi

History

Okinashima Station opened on July 15, 1899. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.

Surrounding area

• Okinashima onsen
• Tenkyōkaku
• Noguchi Hideo Memorial Hall
• Noguchi Hideo-no-sato Post Office

External links

• JR East Station information (Japanese)