History
Tsukinoki Station opened on 1891-01-12 as a general station of the Nippon Railway and became a state-owned station with the railway's nationalisation in 1906. The JNR Marumori Line branched off here from 1968-04-01; after that line was designated a specified local-traffic route, it was converted to a third-sector operation as the Abukuma Express on 1986-07-01, leaving the station jointly used by JNR (later JR) and the new operator. The station passed to JR East and JR Freight at the 1987-04-01 privatisation, and the JR Freight side closed on 1997-04-01. A new building entered service on 1998-06-27. Suica IC service began on the Tōhoku Main Line on 2003-10-26. The dedicated ticket office (Midori-no-madoguchi) closed on 2023-03-31, and the station is now operated under contract by Iwanuma Station.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Each station on the Abukuma Express line carries its own catchphrase; Tsukinoki's is Bunka no kaoru machi — "a town fragrant with culture."