Aizu Wakamatsu Station

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Aizu Wakamatsu Station 会津若松駅
Platforms 2 and 1
Location
Prefecture	Fukushima (See other stations in Fukushima)
City	Aizuwakamatsu
History
Opened	1899
Rail services
Operator(s)	JR East

Aizu Wakamatsu Station (会津若松駅, Aizuwakamatsu-eki^?) is a train station located in Aizuwakamatsu city, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. It is the main station for Aizuwakamatsu city and surrounding areas. The station opened on July 15, 1899 as Wakamatsu station. It changed to its present name on May 21, 1917, and in 2005 the station had an average of 2996 passengers each day. There is a freight depot located adjacent to it.

Layout

SL Banetsu Monogatari at platform 2, the webcam shows this view

In the forecourt of the station there is a bus terminal, taxi rank and car park. The station building, located on the eastern side of the tracks, contains a gift shop (including bento and souvenirs), travel agency (View Plaza) and ticket office (including green window. Platform 1 is immediately inside the ticket gate and most trains to Koriyama depart from here. Moving westward there is a storage track then platforms 2 and 3. The tracks at platform 1 and 2 are a dead end and a walkway at the end connects platforms 2/3 to platform 1 and the rest of the station. Platforms 4 and 5 are accessed via an overhead bridge.

Webcam

There is a webcam installed by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, (NTT) Aizu-Wakamatsu Webcam.

East on the walkway between platforms 1 and 2/3. This gives a good view of trains using platforms 1 and 2. The camera provides both video and sound using a 512 kbit/s stream and is heavily used when steam trains such as the SL Banetsu Monogatari are present.

Lines

The following lines pass through or terminate at Aizu Wakamatsu Station:

East Japan Railway Company
- West Ban'etsu Line
- Tadami Line

Aizu Railway
- Aizu Line (the Aizu line finishes at West Wakamatsu Station but trains continue along JR East tracks to terminate at Aizu Wakamatsu Station.)