History
Aizu-Bange Station opened on 15 October 1926 as a general station and serves as the busiest intermediate stop on JR East's Tadami Line. It sits in the town of Aizubange in Fukushima Prefecture, with two opposed side platforms plus a holding siding and an old wooden depot, all linked by a level crossing. Freight handling ended on 1 August 1982 and parcels on 1 February 1984, and the station passed to JR East with the 1 April 1987 privatization. The dedicated Aizu-Bange stationmaster post was abolished on 1 June 2019, and on 20 November 2022 signal control shifted entirely to remote operation from Aizu-Wakamatsu.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
The station forecourt is presided over by a bronze statue and song monument to the popular Shōwa-era singer Kasuga Hachirō, born in Aizu-Bange, whose hit Akai Ranpu no Shūressha ("Last Train with the Red Lamp") is carved into the stone alongside.