Kōriyama Station (Fukushima)
# Kōriyama Station (Fukushima)

Kōriyama Station (郡山駅, Kōriyama-eki) is a railway station in the city of Kōriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East), with a freight terminal operated by the Japan Freight Railway Company.

## Lines

Kōriyama Station is served by the high-speed Tōhoku Shinkansen line and Tōhoku Main Line, and is located 226.7 km from the official starting point of the Tōhoku Main Line at Tokyo. It is also served by the Banetsu East Line and is 85.6 km from the starting point of that line at Iwaki. It is also a terminus for the Suigun Line and the Banetsu West Line.

## Station layout

Kōriyama Station has two island platforms and one bay platform serving trains on the conventional (narrow gauge) lines, and one island platform and one side platform for shinkansen traffic. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

### Platforms

| 1 | ■ Banetsu West Line | for Inawashiro and Aizu-Wakamatsu |
| - | - | - |
| 2, 3, 4 | ■ Tōhoku Main Line | for Shirakawa and Kuroiso for Nihonmatsu and Fukushima |
| 5 | ■ Suigun Line | for Iwaki-Ishikawa and Mito |
| 6 | ■ Ban'etsu East Line | for Miharu and Iwaki |
| 11 | ■ Tōhoku Shinkansen | for Ōmiya and Tokyo |
| 12 | ■ Tōhoku Shinkansen | for Fukushima, Sendai and Morioka for Yonezawa, Yamagata and Shinjō (Yamagata Shinkansen) |
| 13 | ■ Tōhoku Shinkansen | for Ōmiya and Tokyo |

The song "Tobira" (扉, Tobira) is used as a departure melody on all conventional platforms and the song "Kiseki" (キセキ, Kiseki) is used as a departure melody on all Shinkansen platforms in 2015. Both songs are by Greeeen, a hip hop group originating in Kōriyama.

## History

Komiyama Station opened on July 16, 1887, with service on the Nippon Railway between Kōriyama and Kuroiso. The line was extended to Sendai Station, Miyagi and Shiogama on December 15, 1887. Services on the Ganetsu Line began from July 26, 1898. The station building was rebuilt in 1900. In 1906, the Nippon Railway became the Japanese Government Railway and the station was rebuilt in 1913. On October 10, 1917, the name of Ganetsu Line was changed to Banetsu Line. The station was rebuilt in 1951 and once again in 1980. From June 23, 1982, services on the Tohoku Shinkansen began.

## Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 18,110 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). Data for previous years as follows:

| Fiscal year | Daily average number of passengers |
| - | - |
| 2000 | 18,834 |
| 2001 | 18,931 |
| 2002 | 18,415 |
| 2003 | 18,353 |
| 2004 | 18,434 |
| 2005 | 18,355 |
| 2006 | 18,380 |
| 2007 | 18,249 |
| 2008 | 17,716 |
| 2009 | 17,217 |
| 2010 | 16,417 |
| 2011 | 15,904 |
| 2012 | 17,382 |
| 2013 | 17,931 |
| 2014 | 17,747 |
| 2015 | 18,142 |

## Surrounding area

Kōriyama Station is located in the centre of the city of Kōriyama.

