is a railway station on the Tadami Line in the city of Aizuwakamatsu,

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). Nishi-Wakamatsu Station is located southwest of the center of Aizuwakamatsu.

Lines

Nishi-Wakamatsu Station is served by the Tadami Line, and is located 3.1 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) ...

. It is also served by the

Aizu Railway , is a third-sector Japanese railway company whose major shareholders include the Fukushima prefectural and Aizuwakamatsu city governments. It owns and operates its only line, the Aizu Railway Aizu Line. The names of the company and the line ...

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 ...

, of which it is the official terminus; however, most Aizu Line trains continue to

Station layout

Nishi-Wakamatsu Station has a single side platform and a single island platform connected by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

Platforms

History

Nishi-Wakamatsu 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 September 28, 2005.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 586 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The passenger statistics for previous years are below.

Surrounding area

* Aizuwakamatsu Castle * Wakamatsu-Zaimokumachi post office * Aizuwakamatsu weather station * Jyōsai Elementary School * Aizuwakamatsu fourth Junior High School * Aizu Senior High School * * * Fukushima Prefectural Route 59 * Fukushima Prefectural Route 211 * Fukushima Prefectural Route 328

External links

JR East Station information

Aizu Railway Station information

References

{{Aizu Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1934 Railway stations in Fukushima Prefecture Tadami Line Aizu Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1926 Aizuwakamatsu