Horei Station

Horei Station 甫嶺駅
Horei Station in May 2010
Location	Sanriku-cho Okirai-aze Horei, Ōfunato, Iwate （岩手県大船渡市三陸町越喜来字甫嶺） Japan
Operated by	Sanriku Railway Company
Line(s)	Minami-Rias Line
History
Opened	1973

Horei Station (甫嶺駅, Horei-eki) was a railway station on the Sanriku Railway Company’s Minami-Rias Line located in the city of Ōfunato, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. It is 14.3 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Sakari Station.

Station layout

Horei Station has a single elevated side platform serving traffic in both directions. There is no station building, but only a shelter on the platform.

History

Horei Station opened on 1 July 1973 as a station on the Japan National Railway (JNR). It was privatized on 1 April 1984, becoming a station on the Sanriku Railway. During the 11 March 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, part of the tracks on the Minami-Rias Line were swept away, thus suspending services. The line resumed operations on 3 April 2013 between Sakari and Yoshihama. Services between Yoshihama and Kamaishi resumed on 5 April 2014.

Adjacent stations

«		Service		»
Sanriku Railway Company
Koishihama		Local		Sanriku

Surrounding area

Horei Elementary School
Onizawa Fishing Port

External links

Sanriku Railway station information (Japanese)

Stations of the Sanriku Railway South Rias Line

Sakari Rikuzen-Akasaki Ryōri Koishihama Horei Sanriku Yoshihama Tōni Heita Kamaishi

Coordinates: 39°05′36.3″N 141°48′23.5″E / 39.093417°N 141.806528°E / 39.093417; 141.806528

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