Aizu-Gamō Station

Railway station in Tadami, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan

Preceding station	JR East			Following station
Tadami towards Koide		Tadami Line		Aizu-Shiozawa towards Aizu-Wakamatsu

Location

Aizu-Gamō Station

Location within JR Tadami Line

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Aizu-Gamō Station

Aizu-Gamō Station (Fukushima Prefecture)

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Aizu-Gamō Station (Japan)

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Aizu-Gamō Station (会津蒲生駅, Aizu-Gamō-eki) is a railway station on the Tadami Line in the town of Tadami, Minamiaizu District, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Aizu-Gamō Station is served by the Tadami Line, and is located 83.9 kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Aizu-Wakamatsu.

Station layout

Aizu-Gamō Station has one side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The platform is very short and can only accommodate a single carriage. The station is unattended.

History

Aizu-Gamō Station was opened by the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on October 20, 1963, as an intermediate station on the extension of eastern section of the Tadami Line between Aizu-Kawaguchi and Tadami.^[1] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987.

Due to damage caused by torrential rainfall on July 30, 2011, services on the section of line between Aizu-Kawaguchi and Tadami, which includes this station were replaced by a provisional bus service. The closed section resumed operations on 1 October 2022.^[2]

Surrounding area

National Route 252

References

^ "Tadami Line User Manual" (PDF). Union Workshop. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
^ "只見線、2022年10月1日全線運転再開へ" [Tadami Line to resume operation on October 1, 2022]. tetsudo.ch (in Japanese). 18 May 2022. Archived from the original on 18 May 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2022.