Akabuchi Station

Akabuchi Station
赤渕駅
Akabuchi Station in 2007
Location
Prefecture Iwate
(See other stations in Iwate)
Town Shizukuishi
Neighborhood etc. Omyojin Akabuchi
Postal code020 - 0581
(in Japanese)岩手県岩手郡雫石町御明神赤渕
History
Year opened 1964
Rail services
Operator(s) JR East
Line(s) Tazawako Line

Akabuchi Station (赤渕駅 Akabuchi-eki) is a JR East railway station located in Shizukuishi, Iwate Prefecture, Japan.[1] [2] [3]

Lines

Akabuchi Station is served by the Tazawako Line, and is located 22.0 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Morioka Station.

Station layout

Akabuchi Station has a single island platform. There is no station building, but only a weather shelter on the platform itself. The station is unattended.

Platforms

1 Tazawako Line for Tazawako
for Shizukuishi, Morioka (trains originating at this station)
2 Tazawako Line for Shizukuishi
for Morioka

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Rapid: no stop
Tazawako Line
Harukiba - Tazawako

History

Akabuchi Station opened on September 10, 1964 as the terminal station of the now defunct Hashiba Line. It became a station on the Tazawako Line from October 20, 1966. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987.

Surrounding area

References

  1. "Akabuchi Station". maps.google.com.np. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  2. "Japan's Trains - Akabuchi Station (赤渕駅)". mymapofjapan.com. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  3. "Akabuchi station". panoramio.com. Retrieved 2 February 2014.

External links

Coordinates: 39°41′6.5″N 140°54′25.9″E / 39.685139°N 140.907194°E