Yonomori Station

Location
	Yonomori Station Location within Fukushima Prefecture Yonomori Station Yonomori Station (Japan)

Yonomori Station

夜よるノ森もり駅えき
Yonomori Station; 夜よるノ森もり駅えき
	Yonomori Station in March 2020
General information
Location	Yonomori-Kita 1-33, Tomioka-cho, Futaba-gun, Fukushima-ken 979-1161; Japan
Coordinates	37°21′57″N 140°59′32″E / 37.3659°N 140.9922°E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Jōban Line
Distance	253.0 km from Nippori
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	March 15, 1921
Passengers
FY2010	359 daily
Services
Location
Location
	Yonomori Station Location within Fukushima Prefecture Yonomori Station Yonomori Station (Japan)

Yonomori Station (夜よるノ森もり駅えき, Yonomori-eki) is a railway station in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines[edit]

Yonomori Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 253.0 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori Station.

Station layout[edit]

The station has one island platform with an elevated station building. The station is unattended.

History[edit]

Yonomori Station was opened on 15 March 1921. 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 March 11, 2011, following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, and was reopened on December 18, 2019, after rebuilding.

Surrounding area[edit]

Yonomori is within the evacuation zone surrounding the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Since August 2012 it has been possible to enter the area to the west of the station, but remaining in the area overnight is prohibited. The station and the area to the east of the station remain off limits at all times due to high radiation levels. It reopened along with the rest of the exclusion zone on March 14, 2020.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Yonomori Post Office
National Route 6

References[edit]

^ "JR常磐ときわ線せんの全線ぜんせん開通かいつうの見通みとおしについて" (Press release). 国土こくど交通こうつう省しょう. 2016-03-10. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
^ "常磐ときわ線せんの全線ぜんせん運転うんてん再開さいかいの見通みとおしについて" (PDF) (Press release). 東日本旅客鉄道ひがしにほんりょかくてつどう. 2016-03-10. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
^ "常磐ときわ線せん、20年ねん3月がつまでに全線ぜんせん再開さいかい　JR東ひがしが発表はっぴょう". 日本経済新聞にほんけいざいしんぶん. 日本経済新聞社にほんけいざいしんぶんしゃ. 2016-03-10. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
^ "JR East's Joban Line fully reopens after nine long years following Fukushima disaster". The Japan Times Online. 2020-03-14. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 2020-03-18.

External links[edit]

Media related to Yonomori Station at Wikimedia Commons

JR East Station Information (in Japanese)

[mlit20160310-1] "JR常磐ときわ線せんの全線ぜんせん開通かいつうの見通みとおしについて" (Press release). 国土こくど交通こうつう省しょう. 2016-03-10. Retrieved 2016-03-10.

[jreast_press_20160310-2] "常磐ときわ線せんの全線ぜんせん運転うんてん再開さいかいの見通みとおしについて" (PDF) (Press release). 東日本旅客鉄道ひがしにほんりょかくてつどう. 2016-03-10. Retrieved 2016-03-10.

[nikkei20160310-3] "常磐ときわ線せん、20年ねん3月がつまでに全線ぜんせん再開さいかい　JR東ひがしが発表はっぴょう". 日本経済新聞にほんけいざいしんぶん. 日本経済新聞社にほんけいざいしんぶんしゃ. 2016-03-10. Retrieved 2016-03-14.

[4] "JR East's Joban Line fully reopens after nine long years following Fukushima disaster". The Japan Times Online. 2020-03-14. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 2020-03-18.

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