title: Akogashima Station
text: # Akogashima Station
  
  Akogashima Station (安子ケ島駅, Akogashima-eki) is a railway station on the Ban'etsu West Line in the city of Kōriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
  
  ## Lines
  
  Akogashima Station is served by the Ban'etsu West Line, and is located 11.8 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Kōriyama.
  
  ## Station layout
  
  Akogashima Station has two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is unattended.
  
  ### Platforms
  
  | 1 | ■ Ban'etsu West Line | for Inawashiro, Inawashiro, Aizu-Wakamatsu and Kitakata for Kōriyama |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2 | ■ Ban'etsu West Line | for Bandai-Atami, Inawashiro, Aizu-Wakamatsu and Kitakata |
  
  ## History
  
  Akogashima Station opened on July 26, 1898. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.
  
  ## Surrounding area
  
  * National Route 49
  * Akogashima Post Office
  