JR East Begins Dismantling Deserted Railway Station Near Fukushima Plant

TOMIOKA, JAPAN - JANUARY 26: Workers prepare to dismantle a bridge connecting platforms at JR Tomioka Station on January 26, 2015 in Tomioka, Fukushima, Japan. According to the railway operator, the dismantling work is necessary to protect the increasing number of visitors to the collapsing structures who see the ruins as a symbol of the triple disaster, involving the quake, tsunami and nuclear accident. Because of the nuclear disaster, the section of the JR Joban Line between Tatsuta and Haranomachi stations, which runs through Tomioka Station, has been closed to train services. The railway added that the base of a train platform and the rail tracks will remain. A time frame for the resumption of railway services has yet to be determined. (Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)