Rikuchū-Orii Station

Rikuchū-Orii Station
陸中折居駅

Rikuchū-Orii Station, May 2013
Location Mizusawa-ku Shinjo-aze, Ōshū, Iwate
(岩手県奥州市水沢区真城字要害)
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Tōhoku Main Line
History
Opened 1928

Rikuchū-Orii Station (陸中折居駅 Rikuchū-Orii-eki) is a railway station on the Tōhoku Main Line in Ōshū, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Rikuchū-Orii Station is served by the Tōhoku Main Line, and is located 465.1 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tokyo Station.

Station layout

Rikuchū-Orii Station has two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by an overhead crossing. The station is unattended.

Platforms

1  Tōhoku Main Line for Kitakami and Morioka
2  Tōhoku Main Line for Hiraizumi and Ichinoseki

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Tōhoku Main Line
Maesawa - Mizusawa

History

Rikuchū-Orii Signal stop was opened on 15 January 1924 and elevated to a full passenger station opened on 25 November 1928. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987. The station building was heavily damaged by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and a new station building was completed in December 2011.

Surrounding area

External links

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Coordinates: 39°05′39″N 141°08′27″E / 39.0942°N 141.1407°E / 39.0942; 141.1407

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