Uchigō Station

Uchigō Station 内郷駅
Uchigō Station, September 2006
Location	Uchigōtsuzura-cho Enokishita 12, Iwaki, Fukushima （福島県いわき市内郷綴町榎下12） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Jōban Line
History
Opened	1898
Previous names	Tsuzura (until 1956)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2013)	1157 daily

Uchigō Station (内郷駅, Uchigō-eki) is a JR East railway station located in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

Uchigō Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 205.0 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori Station.

Station layout

Uchigō Station has two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by an overhead passageway. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1	■ Jōban Line	for Iwaki and Mito
2	■ Jōban Line	for Iwaki and Tatsuta

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Joban Line
Rapid: no stop
Yumoto		Local		Iwaki

History

Uchigō Station opened as Tsuzura Station (綴駅) on 25 February 1897. It was renamed Uchigō Station on 20 December 1956. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. A new station building was completed in November 2014.

Surrounding area

• Shiramizu Amidadō
• Ruins of the Mirokuzawa coal mine
• Uchigō Post Office

External links

• Station information JR East Station Information (Japanese)