title: Yumoto Station
text: # Yumoto Station
  
  Yumoto Station (湯本駅, Yumoto-eki) is a railway station on the Jōban Line in the city of Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
  
  ## Lines
  
  Yumoto Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 201.5 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori.
  
  ## Station layout
  
  Yumoto Station has one island platform and one side platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
  
  ### Platforms
  
  | 1 | ■ Jōban Line | for Iwaki, Hirono, Tomioka, Namie, Haranomachi, Soma and Sendai |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | ■ Jōban Line (Limited Express) | for Iwaki and Sendai |
  | 2 | ■ Joban Line | for Isohara, Takahagi, Hitachi, Katsuta, Mito, Tomobe, Ishioka and Tsuchiura |
  | 2 | ■ Jōban Line (Limited Express) | for Takahagi, Mito, Ueno, Tokyo and Shinagawa |
  | 3 | ■ Jōban Line | for Takahagi, Mito and Tsuchiura |
  
  ## History
  
  Yumoto Station opened on 25 February 1897. The present station building was completed in March 1967. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987. A new station building was completed in November 2014.
  
  ## Passenger statistics
  
  In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 2021 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
  
  ## Surrounding area
  
  * Iwaki Yumoto onsen
  * Spa Resort Hawaiians
  * Iwaki Coal and Fossil Museum
  * Iwaki Post Office
  * National Route 6
  