# Aizu-Wakamatsu Station

Aizu-Wakamatsu Station (会津若松駅, Aizu-wakamatsu-eki) is a railway station in the city of Aizuwakamatsu, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. It is the main station for Aizu-Wakamatsu and surrounding areas. The station also has a freight terminal operated by Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).

## Lines

Aizu-Wakamatsu Station is served by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) Banetsu West Line and is 64.6 kilometers from the terminus of that line at Kōriyama. It is also the terminal station from the JR East Tadami Line. Most trains of the Aizu Railway Aizu Line, which officially terminates at Nishi-Wakamatsu, continue on to Aizu-Wakamatsu Station using the JR East tracks.

## Station layout

In the forecourt of the station there is a bus terminal, taxi rank and car park. The station building, located on the eastern side of the tracks, contains a gift shop (including bento and souvenirs), travel agency (View Plaza), and Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. Aizu-Wakamatsu Station has five platforms. Platform 1 and 2 are bay platforms. Platform 1 is immediately inside the ticket gate and most trains to Koriyama depart from here. Moving westward there is a storage track then platforms 2 and 3. The tracks at platform 1 and 2 are a dead end and an overhead walkway at the end connects platforms 2/3 to platform 1 and the rest of the station. Platforms 4 and 5 are accessed via a footbridge.

### Platforms

| 1 | ■ Banetsu West Line | for Bandaimachi, Inawashiro, and Koriyama for Kitakata |
| 2 | ■ Banetsu West Line | for Bandaimachi, Inawashiro, and Koriyama for Kitakata, Tsugawa, Niitsu, and Niigata |
| 3 | ■ Banetsu West Line | for Kitakata, Tsugawa, Niitsu, and Niigata |
| 3 | ■ Tadami Line | for Aizu-Bange, Tadami, and Koide |
| 4 | ■ Tadami Line | for Aizu-Bange, Tadami, and Koide |
| 5 | ■ Aizu Line | for Aizu-Tajima and Aizukōgen-Ozeguchi |

## History

The station opened as part of the Ganetsu Railway on July 15, 1899, with the name Wakamatsu Station (若松駅). On May 21, 1917, the station was renamed to Aizu-Wakamatsu Station in order to distinguish it from Wakamatsu Station in Fukuoka Prefecture. 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 year 2023, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 2164 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | Daily average |
| 2000 | 3,595 |
| 2005 | 2,996 |
| 2010 | 2,766 |
| 2015 | 2,781 |
| 2020 | 1,747 |

## Webcam

There was a webcam installed by NTT East on the walkway between platforms 1 and 2/3. This gave a view of trains using platforms 1 and 2. The camera provided both video and sound using a 512 kbit/s stream. The webcam was discontinued as of March 31, 2017.

## Surrounding area

* Aizuwakamatsu Fire Station
* Aizu Bus Ekimae Terminal
* National Route 118

## Bus terminal
### Station Square

Route buses
| Bus stop | No | Via | destination | Company | Note |
| 1 | Ecoron | circular-route | Aizu Wakamatsu Station | Hirota Taxi | |
| 1 | Chuō Hospital・Iai Danchi Line | University of Aizu | Iai Danchi East Gate | Aizu Bus | |
| 1 | Sengoku・Shinmei Line | Shimei・Sengoku | Aizu　Wakamatsu | Aizu Bus | This route was originally Machinaka circular-route Line until 2019 |
| Bus stop | No | Via | destination | Company |
| 2 | Kanebori Line | Takizawa Myokokuji-Temple Iriguchi | Kanebori | Aizu Bus |
| 2 | Matsunaga Danchi・Nishiwakamatsu Line | Tsuruga Castle | Nishi Wakamatsu Station | Aizu Bus |
| 2 | Jinai Kōkō Line | | Jinai kōkō | Aizu Bus |
| Bus stop | No | Via | destination | Company | Note |
| 3 | Yonedai-Nichōme・Nishiwakamatsu Line | | Nishi wakamatsu | Aizu Bus | |
| Bus stop | No | Via | destination | Company | Note |
| 4 | Haikara-san Line | Iimori Hill→Nanukamachi Station (circular-route) | Aizu Wakamatsu | Aizu Bus | |
| 4 | Akabē Line | Nanukamachi Station→Iimori Hill (circular-route) | Aizu Wakamatsu | Aizu Bus | |

### in front of the Station Bus stop

Route buses
| No | Via | destination | Company | Note |
| Ngaino Line | Nishi Wakamatsu Station・Tsuruga Castle・Aizu-Takada Station | Nagaino | Aizu Bus | |
| Hongō Line | Nishi Wakamatsu Station | Hongō Shako | Aizu Bus | |
| Oikawa Line | Tsuruga Castle | Oikawa Station | Aizu Bus | |
| Kita-aizu・Nītsuru Line | | Kita-Aizu Shisyo | Aizu Bus | |
| Kita-aizu・Nītsuru Line | Niitsuru Station | Nītsuru Onsen | Aizu Bus | |
| MatsunagaDanchi・Ashinomaki Line | Monden Station・Ashinomaki-Onsen Station | Ashinomaki Shako | Aizu Bus | |
| Yonedai・Kōtō Line | Hirota Station | Shima (Oikawa　Station East) | Aizu Bus | |
| Bange Line | Nanukamachi Station・Aizu-Bange Station | Bange Office | Aizu Bus | |
| Minato Line | Hirota Station | Takasaka (Lake Inawashiro) | Aizu Bus | |
| Kumakura・Kitakata Line | Hirota Station | Kitakata Station | Aizu Bus | |
| Shiokawa・Kitakata Line | Shiokawa Station | Kitakata Station | Aizu Bus | |
| Shirakawa-Aizu Wakamatsu Line | Ōuchi-juku・Aizu-Shimogō Station・Shin-Shirakawa Station | Shirakawa Station | Fukushima Transportation | Runs only during Summer and Autumn(April–November) |
Highway buses
| No | Via | destination | Company | Note |
| Yume Kaidō Aizu | Oji Station・Ikebukuro Station | Shinjuku Station | Aizu Bus | |
| Yume Kaidō Aizu | Oji Station | Tokyo Station | Aizu Bus | |
| Yume Kaidō Aizu (Night bus) | Oji Station・Ikebukuro Station・Shinjuku Station・Tokyo Station | Tokyo Disney Resort | Aizu Bus・Chiba Kōtsū | |
| AizuWakamatsu-Kōriyama-Iwaki Line | Kōriyama Station・Iwaki Station | Spa Resort Hawaiians | Aizu Bus | |
| Fukushima・Sendai Airport Line | Kōriyama Station・Nihonmatsu・Fukushima Station | Fukushima Race Course | Aizu Bus | |
| Fukushima・Sendai Airport Line | Kōriyama Station | Sendai Airport | Aizu Bus | |
| Sendai Line | | Sendai Station | Aizu Bus | extend this line to Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi bus stop on holding baseball game |
| Niigata Line | Niigata Station | Bandai City Bus Center/Niigata Airport | Aizu Bus | |
| Niigata Line | | Nozawa Station | Aizu Bus | |

### Eki-mae Happy Parking　Bus stop

| No | Via | destination | Company | Note |
| Aizu Line (Night bus) | Ōmiya Station・Tokyo Station | Futamata-Shinmachi Station | Sakura Kōtsū | |