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Hirota Station

Railway station in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan

Preceding station	JR East			Following station
Aizu-Wakamatsu towards Kitakata		Ban'etsu West Line Rapid		Higashi-Nagahara towards Kōriyama
Aizu-Wakamatsu towards Niitsu		Ban'etsu West Line Local		Higashi-Nagahara towards Kōriyama

Location
Hirota Station Location within Fukushima Prefecture Show map of Fukushima Prefecture Hirota Station Hirota Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Hirota Station (広田駅, Hirota-eki) is a railway station on the Ban'etsu West Line in the city of Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Hirota Station is served by the Ban'etsu West Line, and is located 60.0 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Kōriyama.

Station layout

Hirota Station has a one side platform and one island platform connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station is unattended.

Platforms

1	■ Ban'etsu West Line	for Inawashiro, Bandai-Atami and Koriyama
2, 3	■ Ban'etsu West Line	for Aizu-Wakamatsu, Kitakata

History

Hirota Station opened on July 15, 1899. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. The station building burned down o December 31, 2007 and was rebuilt in June 2008.