Tatsuta Station 竜田駅
Tatsuta Station building in August 2014
General information
Location	Ide Kiya 126, Naraha-cho, Futaba-gun, Fukushima-ken 979-0603 Japan
Coordinates	37°16′58″N141°00′09″E / 37.2827°N 141.0026°E /37.2827; 141.0026
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■Jōban Line
Distance	240.9 km fromNippori
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	March 25, 1909
Passengers
FY2019	183 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Kido towardsShinagawa Jōban Line Local-Futsuu Tomioka towardsSendai
Location Tatsuta Station Location within Fukushima Prefecture Show map of Fukushima Prefecture Tatsuta Station Tatsuta Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Tatsuta Station (竜田駅,Tatsuta-eki) is arailway station located in the town ofNaraha,Fukushima Prefecture,Japan, operated by theEast Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Tatsuta Station is served by theJōban Line, and is located 240.9 km from the official starting point of the line atNippori Station.

The station has a singleisland platform and a singleside platform, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

On March 25, 1909, the station began operation. Passenger service began on April 25, 1909 after one month of freight service.^[1] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon theprivatization of theJapanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.

Due to theFukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011, operations were halted. Operations south of the station were resumed on June 1, 2014.^[2] Operations to Tomioka resumed on 21 September 2017.^[3]

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 192 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[4] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Tatsuta is within the evacuation zone surrounding theFukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Since August 2012 it has been possible to enter the area, but remaining in the area overnight is prohibited.

• Naraha Town Hall
• Naraha Post Office
• National Route 6

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