# Kuroiso Station

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Railway station in Nasushiobara, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan

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Kuroiso Station 黒磯駅 Platform 1 of JR Tohoku-Main-Line Kuroiso Station General information Location 1 Honchō, Nasushiobara-shi, Tochigi-ken 325-0056 Japan Coordinates 36°58′11.98″N 140°3′34.24″E / 36.9699944°N 140.0595111°E / 36.9699944; 140.0595111 Operated by JR East Line Tōhoku Main Line Distance 163.3 km from Tokyo Platforms 2 island +1 side platforms Connections Bus stop Other information Status Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) Website Official website History Opened December 1, 1886 Passengers FY2019 2316 daily Services Preceding station JR East Following station Terminus Tōhoku Main Line Local Takaku towards Morioka Nasushiobara towards Tokyo Utsunomiya Line Local Terminus Location Kuroiso Station Location within Tochigi Prefecture Show map of Tochigi Prefecture Kuroiso Station Kuroiso Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

**Kuroiso Station** (黒磯駅, *Kuroiso-eki*) is a [railway station](/source/Railway_station) in the city of [Nasushiobara, Tochigi](/source/Nasushiobara%2C_Tochigi), Japan, operated by the [East Japan Railway Company](/source/East_Japan_Railway_Company) (JR East).

## Lines

Kuroiso Station serves as the [terminal station](/source/Train_station#Terminus) for two subsections of the JR East [Tōhoku Main Line](/source/T%C5%8Dhoku_Main_Line), connecting the [Utsunomiya Line](/source/Utsunomiya_Line) (for [Utsunomiya](/source/Utsunomiya_Station), [Ōmiya](/source/%C5%8Cmiya_Station_(Saitama)), and [Ueno](/source/Ueno_Station) to the south) and the [Southern Tōhoku Main Line](/source/T%C5%8Dhoku_Main_Line#Southern_Tōhoku_Main_Line) (for [Fukushima](/source/Fukushima_Station_(Fukushima)), [Sendai](/source/Sendai_Station_(Miyagi)), and [Morioka](/source/Morioka_Station) to the north). It is 163.3 km from the line's starting point of [Tokyo](/source/Tokyo_Station).

## Station layout

The station has one [side platform](/source/Side_platform) and two [island platforms](/source/Island_platform) serving five tracks. The platforms are connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a *[Midori no Madoguchi](/source/Midori_no_Madoguchi)* staffed ticket office.

### Platforms

1-3 ■ Utsunomiya Line for Utsunomiya, Oyama 4-5 ■ Tohoku Main Line for Shin-Shirakawa

## History

Kuroiso Station opened on December 1, 1886, operated by [Nippon Railway](/source/Nippon_Railway). The station came under the control of [JGR](/source/Japanese_Government_Railways) after Nippon Railway was [nationalized](/source/Railway_Nationalization_Act) on November 1, 1906. JGR was reorganized into [JNR](/source/JNR) on June 1, 1949, and inherited the station. The portion of the Utsunomiya Line from Hōshakuji to Kuroiso was [electrified](/source/Railway_electrification_system) at 1.5 kV DC on May 22, 1959, and the section from Kuroiso to Shiroishi was electrified at 20 kV 50 Hz AC on July 1, 1959. With the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

The [dead section](/source/Overhead_line#Dead_section) between the AC and DC powered sections of the Tohoku Main Line was once located within the station. Trains hauled by electric locomotives switched to AC or DC-powered locomotives when continuing northbound or southbound respectively, and electric multiple units dropped their pantograpsh when changing sections. In 2008, a maintenance worker was killed by electric shock.[1] In 2013, JR East changed the overhead lines in the station to be entirely DC-powered. The power system was then renovated, and on 1 January 2018, the dead section was relocated near a bridge north of the station.

## Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 2316 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

## Surrounding area

The station, located in the former city of [Kuroiso](/source/Kuroiso%2C_Tochigi), sits in front of a street lined with several local cafes and businesses. Having a bus terminal, it also serves as a gateway to the neighboring town of [Nasu](/source/Nasu%2C_Tochigi), known in Japan for its mountain [hot springs](/source/Onsen) and as the location of the [Nasu Imperial Villa](/source/Nasu_Imperial_Villa).

## See also

- [List of railway stations in Japan](/source/List_of_railway_stations_in_Japan)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["郡山支部情報"](https://web.archive.org/web/20201025005705/https://sa43ec6269b327851.jimcontent.com/download/version/1552608998/module/7771447061/name/%E9%83%A1%E5%B1%B1%E6%94%AF%E9%83%A8%E6%83%85%E5%A0%B1%E2%84%9610~11.pdf) (PDF) (in Japanese). 東日本旅客鉄道労働組合郡山支部. 2018-11-18. p. 2. Archived from [the original](https://sa43ec6269b327851.jimcontent.com/download/version/1552608998/module/7771447061/name/%E9%83%A1%E5%B1%B1%E6%94%AF%E9%83%A8%E6%83%85%E5%A0%B1%E2%84%9610~11.pdf) (PDF) on 2020-10-25. Retrieved 2020-10-25.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-jreast2019stats_2-0)** [各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度)](http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2019_04.html) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.

## External links

Media related to [Kuroiso Station](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kuroiso_Station) at Wikimedia Commons

- [JR East station information](http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=638) (in Japanese)

v t e Stations of the Utsunomiya Line (Tōhoku Main Line) (Ueno–Tokyo Line towards Yokohama and Atami << ) Tokyo Ueno Oku (Shōnan–Shinjuku Line towards Shinjuku, Yokohama and Zushi << ) Akabane Urawa Saitama-Shintoshin Ōmiya Toro Higashi-Ōmiya Hasuda Shiraoka Shin-Shiraoka Kuki Higashi-Washinomiya Kurihashi Koga Nogi Mamada Oyama Koganei Jichi Medical University Ishibashi Suzumenomiya Utsunomiya Okamoto Hōshakuji Ujiie Kamasusaka Kataoka Yaita Nozaki Nishi-Nasuno Nasushiobara Kuroiso

v t e Stations of the Tōhoku Main Line Tokyo to Kuroiso ( Utsunomiya Line) Tokyo Ueno Oku Akabane Urawa Saitama-Shintoshin Ōmiya Toro Higashi-Ōmiya Hasuda Shiraoka Shin-Shiraoka Kuki Higashi-Washinomiya Kurihashi Koga Nogi Mamada Oyama Koganei Jichi Medical University Ishibashi Suzumenomiya Utsunomiya Okamoto Hōshakuji Ujiie Kamasusaka Kataoka Yaita Nozaki Nishi-Nasuno Nasushiobara Kuroiso Kuroiso to Morioka Kuroiso Takaku Kurodahara Toyohara Shirasaka Shin-Shirakawa Shirakawa Kutano Izumizaki Yabuki Kagamiishi Sukagawa Asaka-Nagamori Kōriyama Hiwada Gohyakugawa Motomiya Sugita Nihonmatsu Adachi Matsukawa Kanayagawa Minami-Fukushima Fukushima Higashi-Fukushima Date Koori Fujita Kaida Kosugō Shiroishi Higashi-Shiroishi Kita-Shirakawa Ōgawara Funaoka Tsukinoki Iwanuma Tatekoshi Natori Minami-Sendai Taishidō Nagamachi Sendai Higashi-Sendai Iwakiri (Shin-Rifu Rifu) Rikuzen-Sannō Kokufu-Tagajō Shiogama Matsushima Atago Shinainuma Kashimadai Matsuyamamachi Kogota Tajiri Semine Umegasawa Nitta Ishikoshi Yushima Hanaizumi Shimizuhara Arikabe Ichinoseki Yamanome Hiraizumi Maesawa Rikuchū-Orii Mizusawa Kanegasaki Rokuhara Kitakami Murasakino Hanamaki Hanamaki-Kūkō Ishidoriya Hizume Shiwachūō Furudate Yahaba Iwate-Iioka Senbokuchō Morioka

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