is a railway station in the city of Aizuwakamatsu, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. It is the main station for Aizu-Wakamatsu and surrounding areas. The station also has a freight terminal operated by Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).
Lines Aizu-Wakamatsu Station is served by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) Banetsu West Line and is 64.6 kilometers from the terminus of that line at . It is also the terminal station from the JR East Tadami Line. Most trains of the Aizu Railway Aizu Line, which officially terminates at , continue on to Aizu-Wakamatsu Station using the JR East tracks.
Station layout In the forecourt of the station there is a bus terminal, taxi rank and car park. The station building, located on the eastern side of the tracks, contains a gift shop (including bento and souvenirs), travel agency (View Plaza), and Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. Aizu-Wakamatsu Station has five platforms. Platform 1 and 2 are bay platforms. Platform 1 is immediately inside the ticket gate and most trains to Koriyama depart from here. Moving westward there is a storage track then platforms 2 and 3. The tracks at platform 1 and 2 are a dead end and an overhead walkway at the end connects platforms 2/3 to platform 1 and the rest of the station. Platforms 4 and 5 are accessed via a footbridge.
Platforms
History The station opened as part of the Ganetsu Railway on July 15, 1899, with the name . On May 21, 1917, the station was renamed to Aizu-Wakamatsu Station in order to distinguish it from Wakamatsu Station in Fukuoka Prefecture. 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 year 2023, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 2164 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
Fiscal year Daily average 2000 3,595 2005 2,996 2010 2,766 2015 2,781 2020 1,747
Webcam There was a webcam installed by NTT East on the walkway between platforms 1 and 2/3. This gave a view of trains using platforms 1 and 2. The camera provided both video and sound using a 512 kbit/s stream. The webcam was discontinued as of March 31, 2017.
Surrounding area Aizuwakamatsu Fire Station Aizu Bus Ekimae Terminal
Bus terminal
Station Square
Route buses
Bus stopNoViadestinationCompanyNote1Ecoroncircular-routeAizu Wakamatsu StationHirota TaxiChuō Hospital・Iai Danchi Line University of AizuIai Danchi East GateAizu BusSengoku・Shinmei Line Shimei・Sengoku Aizu WakamatsuAizu BusThis route was originally Machinaka circular-route Line until 2019
Bus stopNoViadestinationCompanyNote2Kanebori LineTakizawa Myokokuji-Temple IriguchiKaneboriAizu BusMatsunaga Danchi・Nishiwakamatsu Line Tsuruga CastleNishi Wakamatsu StationAizu BusJinai Kōkō Line Jinai kōkōAizu Bus
Bus stopNoViadestinationCompanyNote3Yonedai-Nichōme・Nishiwakamatsu LineNishi wakamatsuAizu Bus
Bus stopNoViadestinationCompanyNote4Haikara-san LineIimori Hill→Nanukamachi Station (circular-route)Aizu WakamatsuAizu BusAkabē LineNanukamachi Station→Iimori Hill (circular-route)Aizu WakamatsuAizu Bus
in front of the Station Bus stop
Route buses
Bus stopNoViadestinationCompanyNote Ngaino LineNishi Wakamatsu Station・Tsuruga Castle・Aizu-Takada StationNagainoAizu BusHongō LineNishi Wakamatsu StationHongō ShakoAizu BusOikawa LineTsuruga CastleOikawa StationAizu BusKita-aizu・Nītsuru Line Kita-Aizu ShisyoAizu BusNiitsuru StationNītsuru OnsenMatsunagaDanchi・Ashinomaki LineMonden Station・Ashinomaki-Onsen StationAshinomaki ShakoAizu BusYonedai・Kōtō LineHirota StationShima (Oikawa Station East)Aizu BusBange LineNanukamachi Station・Aizu-Bange Station Bange OfficeAizu BusMinato LineHirota StationTakasaka (Lake Inawashiro)Aizu BusKumakura・Kitakata LineHirota StationKitakata StationAizu BusShiokawa・Kitakata LineShiokawa StationKitakata StationAizu BusShirakawa-Aizu Wakamatsu LineŌuchi-juku・Aizu-Shimogō Station・Shin-Shirakawa StationShirakawa StationFukushima TransportationRuns only during Summer and Autumn(April–November)
Highway buses
Bus stopNoViadestinationCompanyNote Yume Kaidō AizuOji Station・Ikebukuro StationShinjuku StationAizu BusOji StationTokyo StationAizu BusYume Kaidō Aizu (Night bus)Oji Station・Ikebukuro Station・Shinjuku Station・Tokyo StationTokyo Disney ResortAizu Bus・Chiba KōtsūAizuWakamatsu-Kōriyama-Iwaki LineKōriyama Station・Iwaki StationSpa Resort HawaiiansAizu BusFukushima・Sendai Airport LineKōriyama Station・Nihonmatsu・Fukushima StationFukushima Race CourseAizu BusKōriyama StationSendai AirportAizu BusSendai Line Sendai StationAizu Busextend this line to Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi bus stop on holding baseball gameNiigata LineNiigata StationBandai City Bus Center/Niigata AirportAizu Bus Nozawa StationAizu Bus
Eki-mae Happy Parking Bus stop
NoViadestinationCompanyNoteAizu Line (Night bus)Ōmiya Station・Tokyo StationFutamata-Shinmachi StationSakura Kōtsū
See also List of railway stations in Japan
References
External links
JR East Station information