Geibikei Station

Geibikei Station 猊鼻渓駅
Geibikei Station in November 2005
Location	Higashiyama-cho Nagasaka-aze Machiura 393, Ichinoseki, Iwate （岩手県一関市東山町長坂字町裏393） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Ōfunato Line
History
Opened	1986

Geibikei Station (猊鼻渓駅, Geibikei-eki) is a JR East railway station located in Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

Geibikei Station is served by the Ōfunato Line, and is located 23.3 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Ichinoseki Station.

Station layout

Geibikei Station has a single side platform serving traffic in both directions. There is no station building. The station is unattended.

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Ōfunato Line
Rikuchū-Matsukawa		-	Shibajuku

History

Geibikei Station opened on November 1, 1986. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.

Surrounding area

Geibikei Gorge
Yūben Cave

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Geibikei Station.

JR East Station information (Japanese)

Stations of the Ōfunato Line

Stations in Italics were destroyed by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and are currently being served by a provisional Bus Rapid Transit line.

Coordinates: 38°59′21″N 141°15′12″E / 38.9892°N 141.2533°E / 38.9892; 141.2533

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