History
Higashi-Fukushima Station opened on 15 October 1923 as Senoue Station on the Ministry of Railways Tōhoku Main Line, taking its name from the surrounding district in the city of Fukushima. To distinguish it from the Senoue Station built later on the Abukuma Express Line, it was renamed to its present form on 1 June 1978, and container freight operations transferred from Fukushima Station the same month. The station joined the JR East and JR Freight networks at the 1987 privatisation of Japanese National Railways. Scheduled freight trains ceased on 14 March 1998, and the Higashi-Fukushima Off-Rail Station, a truck-served container depot, was set up in 2006. Suica use began in 2009.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-06-09.
Where the English and Japanese sources differ, this account follows the Japanese source.
Notes
The name “Senoue” moved when this station was renamed in 1978 – ten years later a new Senoue Station opened on the Abukuma Express Line.