Hirakura Station

Hirakura Station 平倉駅
Hirakura Station, October 2010
Location	Kamigōchō, Hirakura, Tōno, Iwate （岩手県遠野市上郷町平倉） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Kamaishi Line
History
Opened	1915

Hirakura Station (平倉駅, Hirakura-eki) is a railway station on the Kamaishi Line in Tōno, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Hirakura Station is served by the Kamaishi Line, and is located 56.6 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Hanamaki Station.

Station layout

Hirakura Station has a single side platform serving traffic in both directions. The station is unattended.

Adjacent stations

«	Service	»
Kamaishi Line
Rapid: no stop
Iwate-Kamigō	Local	Ashigase

History

Hirakura Station opened on 23 November 1915 initially as a station on the Iwate Light Railway, which was nationalized in 1936, becoming the Kamaishi Line. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.

Surrounding area

The station is located in an isolated rural area.

Japan National Route 340.

External links

JR East Station information (Japanese)

Stations of the Kamaishi Line

Hanamaki Nitanai Shin-Hanamaki Oyamada Tsuchizawa Haruyama Iwanebashi Miyamori Kashiwagidaira Masuzawa Arayamae Iwate-Futsukamachi Ayaori Tōno Aozasa Iwate-Kamigō Hirakura Ashigase Kamiarisu Rikuchū-Ōhashi Dōsen Matsukura Kosano Kamaishi

Coordinates: 39°15′54″N 141°35′44″E / 39.2649°N 141.5955°E / 39.2649; 141.5955

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