Rikuchū-Matsukawa Station

Rikuchū-Matsukawa Station 陸中松川駅
Rikuchū-Matsukawa Station in October 2010
Location	Higashiyama-cho Matsukawa-aze Takinosawa 190, Ichinoseki, Iwate （岩手県一関市東山町松川字滝ノ沢190） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Ōfunato Line
History
Opened	1925

Rikuchū-Matsukawa Station (陸中松川駅, Rikuchū-Matsukawa-eki) is a JR East railway station located in Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

Rikuchū-Matsukawa Station is served by the Ōfunato Line, and is located 21.3 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Ichinoseki Station.

Station layout

Rikuchū-Matsukawa Station has two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station is unattended.

Platforms

1	■ Ōfunato Line	for Ichinoseki
2	■ Ōfunato Line	for Kesennuma

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Ōfunato Line
Iwanoshita		-	Geibikei

History

Rikuchū-Matsukawa Station opened on July 26, 1925. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. A new station building was completed in March 2010.

Surrounding area

Tohoku Stone Mine
The House of Sun and Wind (Museum of stone and Kenji Miyazawa)
Sunatetsu River

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rikuchu-Matsukawa 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°58′39″N 141°14′18″E / 38.9774°N 141.2382°E / 38.9774; 141.2382

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