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Uchigō Station (内郷駅, Uchigō-eki) is a railway station on the Joban Line in the city of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Uchigō Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 205.0 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori.

Station layout

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

Platforms

1	■ Joban Line	for Isohara, Takahagi, Hitachi, Katsuta, Mito, Tomobe, Ishioka and Tsuchiura
2	■ Jōban Line	for Iwaki, Hirono, Tomioka, Namie, Haranomachi, Soma and Sendai

History

The station opened as Tsuzura Station (綴駅) on 25 February 1897. It was renamed Uchigō Station on 20 December 1956. 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.^{[citation needed]}

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 1017 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

Surrounding area

Shiramizu Amidadō
Ruins of the Mirokuzawa coal mine
Uchigō Post Office

External links

Official website (in Japanese)

References

^ 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.

[jreast2018stats-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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