Momouchi Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 桃内駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Odaka-ku, Mimidani Momouchi 2, Minamisōma-shi, Fukushima-ken 979-2151 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 37.5285°N 140.9842°W |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Jōban Line |
Distance: | 273.5 km from |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Tracks: | 2 |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Opened: | 10 August 1948 |
Passengers: | 41 daily |
Pass Year: | 2004 |
Map Type: | Japan Fukushima Prefecture#Japan |
is a railway station in the city of Minamisōma, Fukushima, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Momouchi Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 273.5 km from the official starting point of the line at .
It's the only station of Jōban Line where Suica, as well as other IC cards in Japan, can't be used to pay fares.
The station has a side platform and one island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is unstaffed.
Momouchi Station was opened on 10 August 1948. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987. The station was closed on 11 March 2011 following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, and reopened on 1 April 2017.[1]