Kikuta Station

Kikuta Station 喜久田駅
File:Kikuta-ST.jpg Kikuta Station, May 2007
Location	Kikuta-cho Horinouchi, Kōriyama, Fukushima （福島県郡山市喜久田町堀之内） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Ban'etsu West Line
History
Opened	1898
Previous names	Horinouchi (until 1915)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2004)	279 daily

Kikuta Station (喜久田駅, Kikuta-eki) is a railway station on the Ban'etsu West Line in Kōriyama, Fukushima, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Kikuta Station is served by the Ban'etsu West Line, and is located 7.9 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Kōriyama Station.

Station layout

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

Platforms

1	■ Ban'etsu West Line	for Bandai-Atami, Inawashiro, Aizu-Wakamatsu, and Kitakata for Kōriyama
2	■ Ban'etsu West Line	for Kōriyama

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Ban'etsu West Line
Kōriyama		Aizu Liner	Bandai-Atami
Kōriyama		Rapid	Bandai-Atami
Kōriyama		Local	Akogashima

History

The station opened on July 26, 1898, as Horinouchi Station (堀ノ内駅). It was renamed Kikuta Station on April 10, 1915. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.

Surrounding area

• National Route 49
• Kikuta Post Office

External links

• JR East Station information (Japanese)