Orihata Station

Orihata Station
おりはた駅
Orihata Station (October 2006)
Location
Prefecture Yamagata
(See other stations in Yamagata)
City Nan'yō
Neighborhood etc. Urushiyama
Coordinates38°03′59″N 140°07′21″E / 38.066492°N 140.122472°ECoordinates: 38°03′59″N 140°07′21″E / 38.066492°N 140.122472°E
Postal code992-0474
(in Japanese)山形県南陽市漆山
History
Year opened 1959
Former name Nishi-Miyauchi Station
Present name since 1988
Rail services
Operator(s) Yamagata Railway
Line(s) Flower Nagai Line
Statistics 46 passengers/day (FY 2011)

Orihata Station (おりはた駅 Orihata-eki) is a railway station in Nan'yō, Yamagata, Japan, operated by the Yamagata Railway.

Lines

Orihata Station is a station on the Flower Nagai Line, and is located 4.4 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Akayu Station.

Station layout

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

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Flower Nagai Line
Miyauchi Local Ringō

History

Orihata Station opened on 1 June 1959 as Nishi-Miyauchi Station (西宮内駅 Nishi-Miyauchi-eki). The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, and became a station on the Yamagata Railway from 25 October 1988, and was renamed to its present name on the same day.

Surrounding area

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