Momouchi Station

Railway station in Minamisōma, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan

37°31′43″N 140°59′03″E / 37.5285°N 140.9842°E / 37.5285; 140.9842Operated by

JR EastLine(s)■ Jōban LineDistance273.5 km from NipporiPlatforms2 side platformsTracks2Other informationStatusUnstaffedWebsitewww.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=1564HistoryOpened10 August 1948Passengers200441 daily Services

Preceding station	JR East			Following station
Namie towards Shinagawa		Jōban Line Local-Futsuu		Odaka towards Sendai

Location
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Momouchi Station (桃内駅, Momouchi-eki) is a railway station in the city of Minamisōma, Fukushima, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Momouchi Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 273.5 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori.

It's the only station of Jōban Line where Suica, as well as other IC cards in Japan, can't be used to pay fares.

Station layout

The 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 Namie
2	■ Jōban Line	for Haranomachi and Sendai
3	■ Jōban Line	(not in use)

History

Momouchi Station was opened on 10 August 1948. 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, and reopened on 1 April 2017.^[1]