Niitsuki Station

Niitsuki 新月
Niitsuki Station in April 2005
Location	Murone-cho Orikabe-aze, Ichinoseki, Iwate （岩手県一関市室根町折壁字） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Ōfunato Line
History
Opened	1929

Niitsuki Station (新月駅, Niitsuki-eki) is a JR East railway station located in Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

Niitsuki Station is served by the Ōfunato Line, and is located 55.3 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Ichinoseki Station.

Station layout

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

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Ōfunato Line
Yagoshi		-	Kesennuma

History

Niitsuki Station opened on July 31, 1929. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.

Surrounding area

National Route 284
Iwate-Miyagi prefectural border

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Niitsuki 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°54′57″N 141°29′20″E / 38.9157°N 141.4889°E / 38.9157; 141.4889

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