is a railway station on the
Tadami Line in
Aizumisato,
Fukushima Prefecture
Fukushima Prefecture (; ja, 福島県, Fukushima-ken, ) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. Fukushima Prefecture has a population of 1,810,286 () and has a geographic area of . Fukushima Prefecture borders Miya ...
, Japan, operated by
East Japan Railway Company
The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are ...
(JR East).
Lines
Niitsuru Station is served by the
Tadami Line, and is located 16.8 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at
Aizu-Wakamatsu Station
is a railway station in the city of Aizuwakamatsu, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. It is the main station for Aizu-Wakamatsu and surrounding areas. The station also has a freight terminal operated by Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight) ...
.
Station layout
Niitsuru Station has a single
side platform serving traffic in both directions. The station is unattended.
History
Niitsuru Station opened on October 15, 1926, as an intermediate station on the initial eastern section of the
Japanese National Railways (JNR) Tadami Line between and .
The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the
privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987. A new station building was completed in March 2000.
Surrounding area
*Aizu-Misato Elementary School
*Aizu-Misato Middle School
*Niitsuru Post Office
References
External links
JR East Station information
Railway stations in Fukushima Prefecture
Tadami Line
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1926
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