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Iwaki-Ōta Station

Railway station in Minamisōma, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan

Preceding station	JR East			Following station
Odaka towards Shinagawa		Jōban Line Local-Futsuu		Haranomachi towards Sendai

Location
Iwaki-Ōta Station Location within Fukushima Prefecture Show map of Fukushima Prefecture Iwaki-Ōta Station Iwaki-Ōta Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Iwaki-Ōta Station (磐城太田駅, Iwaki-Ōta-eki) is a railway station in the city of Minamisōma, Fukushima, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Iwaki-Ōta Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 282.4 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori in Tokyo.

Station layout

The station has two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is unattended.

Platforms

1	■ Jōban Line	for Haranomachi and Sendai
2	■ Jōban Line	for Namie

History

The station opened on 11 May 1898 as Taka Station (高駅). It was renamed Iwaki-Ota on 1 December 1898. 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. The station reopened on 12 July 2016 with the reopening of the section of the Joban Line between Odaka and Haranomachi.^[1]

References

^ JR東日本、常磐線小高～原ノ町間は7月12日再開…避難指示解除受け [JR East to reopen Joban Line between Odaka and Harunomachi from 12 July]. Response (in Japanese). Japan: IID. Co. 1 June 2016. Archived from the original on 19 December 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.