Haranomachi Station

Haranomachi Station (原ノ町駅, Haranomachi-eki) is a railway station in the city of Minamisōma, Fukushima, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

[1] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

[1] Train services from the station were suspended following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on 11 March 2011.

From 21 December 2011, limited services were restored on the section of the Joban Line between Haranomachi and Sōma.

Stations served only by the Chiyoda Line through service local trains between Kita-Senju and Abiko are omitted.

The station building in April 1990
The station in December 2012, with the two stranded trains visible on the left