Koriyama is one of Fukushima Prefecture's main rail hubs, located on the Tohoku Shinkansen between Tokyo, Fukushima, Sendai, and northern Tohoku. The city has one primary passenger rail hub, Koriyama Station, where JR East connects bullet train services with several regional lines across the prefecture.
Trains from Koriyama include JR East Tohoku Shinkansen services, Yamagata Shinkansen through-services, and local or rapid trains on the Tohoku Main Line, Ban-etsu West Line, Ban-etsu East Line, and Suigun Line. Koriyama Station functions as the transfer point between north-south bullet train travel and east-west regional travel across inland Fukushima.
Rail routes from Koriyama run south toward Utsunomiya, Omiya, Ueno, and Tokyo, north toward Fukushima and Sendai, west toward Aizu-Wakamatsu and Niigata connections, and east toward Iwaki on the Pacific side of Fukushima Prefecture. Book trains from and to Koriyama online at Rail Monsters.