is a railway station in the city of

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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 ...

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, 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

Sugaya Station is served by the

Ban'etsu East Line The is a railway line in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It connects Iwaki Station in Iwaki and Kōriyama Station in Kōriyama. The name "Ban'etsu" is taken from the first characters of the names ...

, and is located 49.9 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at .

Station layout

The station has one side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is staffed.

History

Sugaya Station opened on October 10, 1948. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 69 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

* Sugaya Post Office *

Abukuma-do Abukuma-do (あぶくま洞 - Abukuma Cave) is a limestone cave located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. The cave was discovered on August 15, 1969, northeast of the city of Tamura, Fukushima, Tamura and was originally named Kamayama Shonyu-do ( ...

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* {{Ban'etsu East Line Stations of East Japan Railway Company Railway stations in Fukushima Prefecture Ban'etsu East Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1948 Tamura, Fukushima