Hirota Station

Hirota Station 広田駅
File:Hirota 20080629.jpg Hirota Station, June 2008
Location	Nakajima Hirota Kawahigashi-machi, Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima （福島県会津若松市河東町広田字中島） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Ban'etsu West Line
History
Opened	1899

Hirota Station (広田駅, Hirota-eki) is a railway station on the Ban'etsu West Line in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Hirota Station is served by the Ban'etsu West Line, and is located 60.0 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Kōriyama Station.

Station layout

Hirota Station has a one side platform and one island platform connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station is unattended.

Platforms

1	■ Ban'etsu West Line	for Inawashiro, Bandai-Atami and Koriyama
2, 3	■ Ban'etsu West Line	for Aizu-Wakamatsu, Kitakata

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Ban'etsu West Line
Aizu Liner: no stop
Higashi-Nagahara		Rapid		Aizu-Wakamatsu
Higashi-Nagahara		Local		Aizu-Wakamatsu

History

Hirota Station opened on July 15, 1899. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. The station building burned down o December 31, 2007 and was rebuilt in June 2008.

Surrounding area

• former Kawahigashi Town Hall
• Hirota Post Office

External links

• JR East Station information (Japanese)