title: Haranomachi Station
text: # 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).
  
  ## Lines
  
  Haranomachi Station is served by the Joban Line, and is located 286.9 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori.
  
  ## Station layout
  
  The station has a side platform and an island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket counter.
  
  ### Platforms
  
  | 1 | ■ Joban Line | for Iwanuma and Sendai |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2 | ■ Joban Line | for Odaka, Namie, Tomioka, Iwaki, Takahagi, Hitachi and Mito |
  | 3 | ■ Joban Line | for Iwanuma and Sendai |
  
  ## History
  
  Haranomachi Station opened on 3 April 1898. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.
  
  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.
  
  In March 2016, the two trains, a four-car 651 series (Super Hitachi) EMU and a 415-1500 series EMU, stranded at the station since the March 2011 tsunami, were removed by road for scrapping.
  
  The section of the Joban Line between Odaka and Haranomachi reopened on 12 July 2016.
  
  ## Passenger statistics
  
  In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 1024 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
  
  | Fiscal year | Daily average |
  | - | - |
  | 2000 | 2,336 |
  | 2005 | 1,991 |
  | 2010 | 1,679 |
  | 2011 | — |
  | 2012 | 619 |
  | 2013 | 613 |
  | 2014 | 593 |
  | 2015 | 609 |
  
  ## Surrounding area
  
  * former Haramachi City Hall
  * Haramachi Post Office
  * National Route 6
  * Road Station Minamisoma
  