Aizu-Tajima Station
railway station in Minamiaizu, Minamiaizu district, Fukushima prefecture, Japan
Aizu-Tajima Station (会津田島駅, Aizu-Tajima-eki) is a railway station on the Aizu Railway Aizu Line in the town of Minamiaizu, Minamiaizu District, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Aizu Railway. It is the terminus for all EMU through services from the Yagan Railway, as the section between this station and Nishi-Wakamatsu is not electrified.
Lines
Aizu-Tajima Station is served by the Aizu Line, and is located 42.0 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Nishi-Wakamatsu.
Station layout
Aizu-Tajima Station has two island platforms; however, platform 1 nearest the station building deadheads to a bay platform. Platforms 3 and 4 are connected by a footbridge.
Platforms
History
Aizu-Tajima Station opened on December 27, 1934.
The station was transferred to the Aizu Railway on 16 July 1987.
“Aizu-Tajima Station” enters the record as railway station in Minamiaizu, Minamiaizu district, Fukushima prefecture, Japan. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Aizu-Tajima, Station and railway can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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