is a railway station on the

Tadami Line The is a scenic railway line in Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It connects Aizu-Wakamatsu Station at Aizuwakamatsu in Fukushima Prefecture with Koide Station at Uonuma in Niigata Prefecture. The line opened in discon ...

in the town of

Aizumisato is a town located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 20,092 in 7306 households and a population density of 73 persons per km2. The total area of the town was . Geography Aizumisato is located in the easte ...

, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Aizu-Takada Station is served by the

, and is located 11.3 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at .

Station layout

Aizu-Takada Station has one

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serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended.

History

Aizu-Takada Station opened on October 15, 1926, as an intermediate station on the initial eastern section of the

Japanese National Railways The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pref ...

(JNR) Tadami Line between and . The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the

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of the JNR on April 1, 1987. A new station building was completed in January 2000.

Surrounding area

* Isasumi Shrine * former AizuTakada Town Hall * Aizu-Misato Police Station *Aizu Takada Post Office * Onuma Prefectural High School * * Fukushima Prefectural Route 22 * Fukushima Prefectural Route 53 * Fukushima Prefectural Route 130 * Fukushima Prefectural Route 152 * Fukushima Prefectural Route 220

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