Yumoto Station

Yumoto Station (湯本駅, Yumoto-eki) is a railway station on the Jōban Line in the city of Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

For the railway station in Hakone, see Hakone-Yumoto Station.

Yumoto Station

湯本駅
Yumoto Station, March 2015
LocationIwaki-Yumoto-cho Tennozaki 92, Iwaki-shi, Fukushima-ken 972-8321
Japan
Coordinates37.0069°N 140.8501°E / 37.0069; 140.8501
Operated by JR East
Line(s)■ Jōban Line
Distance201.5 km from Nippori
Platforms1 side + 1 island platform
Tracks3
Other information
StatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi )
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened25 February 1897
Passengers
FY20182021 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station
Izumi
toward Shinagawa
 Hitachi Iwaki
toward Sendai
Jōban Line
Local-Futsuu
 Uchigō
toward Sendai
Location
Yumoto Station
Location within Fukushima Prefecture
Yumoto Station
Yumoto Station (Japan)

Lines

Yumoto Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 201.5 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori.

Station layout

Yumoto Station has one island platform and one side platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms
1 ■ Jōban Line for Iwaki, Hirono, Tomioka, Namie, Haranomachi, Soma and Sendai
■ Jōban Line (Limited Express) for Iwaki and Sendai
2 ■ Joban Line for Isohara, Takahagi, Hitachi, Katsuta, Mito, Tomobe, Ishioka and Tsuchiura
■ Jōban Line (Limited Express) for Takahagi, Mito, Ueno, Tokyo and Shinagawa
3 ■ Jōban Line for Takahagi, Mito and Tsuchiura

History

Yumoto Station opened on 25 February 1897. The present station building was completed in March 1967. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987. A new station building was completed in November 2014.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 2021 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area

See also

References
  1. 各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
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