Kurodahara Station

Kurodahara Station (黒田原駅, Kurodahara-eki) is a railway station in the town of Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Kurodahara Station 黒田原駅
Kurodahara Station, May 2011
General information
Location	Terakohei 2, Nasu-machi, Nasu-gun, Tochigi-ken 329-3222 Japan
Coordinates	37.0227°N 140.1196°E / 37.0227; 140.1196
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Tōhoku Main Line
Distance	171.5 km from Tokyo
Platforms	2 side platforms
Connections	Bus stop
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	September 1, 1891
Passengers
FY2019	440 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Takaku towards Kuroiso Tōhoku Main Line Local Toyohara towards Morioka
Location Kurodahara Station Location within Tochigi Prefecture Show map of Tochigi Prefecture Kurodahara Station Kurodahara Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Kurodahara Station is served by the Tōhoku Main Line, and is located 171.5 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Tokyo Station.

Station layout

Kurodahara Station has two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

Platforms

1	■ Tōhoku Main Line	for Kuroiso and Utsunomiya
2	■ Tōhoku Main Line	for Shirakawa and Kōriyama

History

Kurodahara Station opened on September 1, 1891. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 440 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

Surrounding area

• Nasu Town Hall
• Kurodahara Post Office
• Kurodahara Jinja

References

1. 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.

External links

Media related to Kurodahara Station at Wikimedia Commons

• JR East Station information (in Japanese)