Higashidate Station Explained

Higashidate Station
Style:	JR East
Native Name:	東館駅
Native Name Lang:	ja
Address:	Higashidate Ishida 32, Yamatsuri-machi, Higashishirakawa-gun, Fukushima-ken 963-5118
Country:	Japan
Operator:	JR East
Line:	Suigun Line
Platforms:	2 side platforms
Tracks:	2
Distance:	71.0 km from
Status:	Staffed
Opened:	April 16, 1930
Passengers:	80 daily
Pass Year:	FY2018
Map Type:	Japan Fukushima Prefecture#Japan
Map Dot Label:	Higashidate Station

is a railway station in the town of Yamatsuri, Fukushima, Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Higashidate Station is served by the Suigun Line, and is located 71.0 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at . It is almost exactly halfway between Mito and the terminus of .

Station layout

The station has two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station is attended.

Platforms

History

Higashidate Station opened on April 16, 1930. 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 80 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

Bus routes

Fukushima Transportation
- For Ōnukari Myōjin^[2]
- For Kami-myoga via Yamatsuriyama Station and Takachihara-iriguchi^[3]
- For Oiwake

Surrounding area

- - Yamatsuri Town Hall
Yamatsuri Industrial Park

Notes and References

Web site: http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2018_08.html. ja: 各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度). Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018). 2019. East Japan Railway Company. Japan. Japanese. 2 January 2020.
Ten minute's walk brings from this bus stop to Satokawa-iriguchi bus stop on Japan National Route 349 for 800m. You are able to transfer onto the route bus which runs between Satokawa-iriguchi bus stop and Hitachi-Ōta Station.
Fifty minute's walk brings from this bus stop to Shimonomiya Station bus stop for 4km on Japan National Route 118. You are able to transfer onto the route bus which runs between Shimonomiya Station bus stop and Hitachi-Daigo Station.