was an unstaffed 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 discont ...

Tadami, Fukushima is a town located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. , the town has an estimated population of 4,117 in 1749 households, of which 45.88% were classified as "elderly households" The town had a population density of 5.5 persons per km2. The total are ...

, 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). It opened in 1971 and closed in March 2013. The nearest open stations are to the west and to the east. The station was located by National Route 252 and beside Lake Tagokura. There are no shops or residences within miles of the station. The main users of the station were mountain climbers.

History

Tagokura Station opened on 29 August 1971, and was unstaffed from the start. From December 2001, the station was closed during the winter season between December and March. Heavy rain storms in July 2011 forced services on the section of the Tadami Line between and to be suspended, but the section between and Ōshirakawa, including Tagokura was reopened from 1 October 2012. From the start of the revised timetable on 16 March 2013, the station closed permanently, due to low passenger usage—being used on average by roughly one person per day.

Gallery

File:Tagokura Station platform 20100620 (1).jpg, View of the platform, June 2010 File:Tagokura Station platform 20100620 (2).jpg, View of the platform, June 2010 File:Tagokura station.jpg, View of the station from a distance across Lake Tagokura, June 2008

References

{{Coord, 37.3176, N, 139.2552, E, type:railwaystation_region:JP, display=title Railway stations in Japan opened in 1971 Railway stations in Fukushima Prefecture Railway stations closed in 2013 2013 disestablishments in Japan