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Kuroiso Station 黒磯駅 | ||||||||||||||||
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 Platform 1 of JR Tohoku-Main-Line Kuroiso Station | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | 1 Honchō, Nasushiobara-shi, Tochigi-ken 325-0056 Japan | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°58′11.98″N140°3′34.24″E / 36.9699944°N 140.0595111°E /36.9699944; 140.0595111 | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Tōhoku Main Line | |||||||||||||||
| Distance | 163.3 km fromTokyo | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 island +1 side platforms | |||||||||||||||
| Connections | Bus stop | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) | |||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | December 1, 1886 | |||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
| FY2019 | 2316 daily | |||||||||||||||
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Kuroiso Station (黒磯駅,Kuroiso-eki) is arailway station in the city ofNasushiobara, Tochigi, Japan, operated by theEast Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Kuroiso Station serves as theterminal station for two subsections of the JR EastTōhoku Main Line, connecting theUtsunomiya Line (forUtsunomiya,Ōmiya, andUeno to the south) and theSouthern Tōhoku Main Line (forFukushima,Sendai, andMorioka to the north). It is 163.3 km from the line's starting point ofTokyo.
The station has oneside platform and twoisland platforms serving five tracks. The platforms are connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has aMidori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
| 1-3 | ■ Utsunomiya Line | forUtsunomiya,Oyama |
| 4-5 | ■ Tohoku Main Line | forShin-Shirakawa |
Kuroiso Station opened on December 1, 1886, operated byNippon Railway. The station came under the control ofJGR after Nippon Railway wasnationalized on November 1, 1906. JGR was reorganized intoJNR on June 1, 1949, and inherited the station. The portion of the Utsunomiya Line from Hōshakuji to Kuroiso waselectrified at 1.5 kV DC on May 22, 1959, and the section from Kuroiso to Shiroishi was electrified at 20 kV 50 Hz AC on July 1, 1959. With the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.
Thedead section between the AC and DC powered sections of the Tohoku Main Line was once located within the station. Trains hauled by electric locomotives switched to AC or DC-powered locomotives when continuing northbound or southbound respectively, and electric multiple units dropped their pantograpsh when changing sections. In 2008, a maintenance worker was killed by electric shock.[1] In 2013, JR East changed the overhead lines in the station to be entirely DC-powered. The power system was then renovated, and on 1 January 2018, the dead section was relocated near a bridge north of the station.
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 2316 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]
The station, located in the former city ofKuroiso, sits in front of a street lined with several local cafes and businesses. Having a bus terminal, it also serves as a gateway to the neighboring town ofNasu, known in Japan for its mountainhot springs and as the location of theNasu Imperial Villa.
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