is a railway station in the city of

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, in

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, Japan. It is the main station for Aizu-Wakamatsu and surrounding areas. The station also has a freight terminal operated by

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(JR Freight).

Lines

Aizu-Wakamatsu Station is served by the

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(JR East)

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and is 64.6 kilometers from the terminus of that line at . It is also the terminal station from the JR East

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 discont ...

. Most trains of the Aizu Railway

Aizu Line The is a long railway line from Nishi-Wakamatsu Station in Aizuwakamatsu to Aizukōgen-Ozeguchi Station in Minamiaizu, Fukushima, Japan. It is owned and operated by Aizu Railway. Services The train operation is controlled from Aizu-Tajima Stat ...

, which officially terminates at , continue on to Aizu-Wakamatsu Station using the JR East tracks.

Station layout

In the forecourt of the station there is a bus terminal, taxi rank and car park. The station building, located on the eastern side of the tracks, contains a gift shop (including ''

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'' and souvenirs), travel agency (View Plaza), and ''

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'' staffed ticket office. Aizu-Wakamatsu Station has five platforms. Platform 1 and 2 are

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s. Platform 1 is immediately inside the ticket gate and most trains to Koriyama depart from here. Moving westward there is a storage track then platforms 2 and 3. The tracks at platform 1 and 2 are a dead end and an overhead walkway at the end connects platforms 2/3 to platform 1 and the rest of the station. Platforms 4 and 5 are accessed via a footbridge.

Platforms

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History

The station opened on July 15, 1899, as of the Ganetsu Railway. On May 21, 1917, the station was renamed Aizu-Wakamatsu. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the

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of the

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(JNR) on April 1, 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 2669 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Webcam

There was a webcam installed by NTT East on the walkway between platforms 1 and 2/3. This gave a view of trains using platforms 1 and 2. The camera provided both video and sound using a 512 kbit/s stream. The webcam was discontinued as of March 31, 2017.

Surrounding area

* Aizuwakamatsu Fire Station * Aizu Bus Ekimae Terminal *

Bus terminal

Station Square

Route buses

in front of the Station Bus stop

Route buses Highway buses

Eki-mae Happy Parking　Bus stop

References

External links

JR East Station information
{{Aizu Line Stations of East Japan Railway Company Stations of Japan Freight Railway Company Railway stations in Fukushima Prefecture Aizu Line Ban'etsu West Line Tadami Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1899 Aizuwakamatsu