Namie Station
# Namie Station

Namie Station (浪江駅, Namie-eki) is a railway station in the town of Namie, Fukushima, Japan. Due to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, services were suspended from 11 March 2011 to 1 April 2017.

## Lines

Namie Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 268.6 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori.

## Station layout

Namie Station has a side platform and one island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is unstaffed.

### Platforms

| 1 | ■ Jōban Line | for Tomioka, Iwaki, Isohara, Takahagi, Hitachi, Katsuta, Mito, Ishioka and Tsuchiura |
| - | - | - |
| 2 | ■ Jōban Line | for Haranomachi, Soma and Sendai |
| 3 | ■ Jōban Line | for Haranomachi |

## History

Namie Station was opened on 23 August 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. Services between Namie and Odaka resumed on 1 April 2017. Services between Namie and Tomioka remain suspended until reopened in March 2020. It became a unstaffed station from March 14, 2020.

## Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 24 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

| Fiscal year | Daily average |
| - | - |
| 2000 | 1,057 |
| 2005 | 904 |
| 2010 | 734 |
| 2015 | 0 (Services suspended) |

## Surrounding area

* Namie Town Hall
* Namie Post Office
* National Route 6
