Sakari Station

Sakari 盛
Sakari Station in May 2013
Location	Sakari-cho Higashi-machi ura 16, Ōfunato, Iwate （岩手県大船渡市盛町字東町裏16） Japan
Operated by	JR East Sanriku Railway Company Iwate Development Railway
Line(s)	Ōfunato Line Sanriku Railway Minami-Rias Line Iwate Development Railway Hikoroichi Line Iwate Development Railway Akasaki Line
History
Opened	1935

Sakari Station (盛駅, Sakari-eki) is a joint use railway station located in the city of Ōfunato, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. It is the terminal station for the JR East Ōfunato Line and the Sanriku Railway Company’s Minami-Rias Line. It is also served by the Iwate Development Railway Company for freight operations.

Station layout

Sakari Station has a single side platform and a single island platform connected to the station building by an overhead passage.

Platforms

1	■ Ōfunato Line	siding
2	■ Ōfunato Line	for Kesennuma
3	■ Sanriku Railway Company	for Kamaishi

History

Sakari Station opened on 19 September 1935 as a station on the Ōfunato Line. The Iwate Development Railway Company Hikoroichi Line connected to the station on 21 October 1950 and the Akasaki Line from 21 June 1957. The Minami-Rias Line began operations on 1 March 1970. The Minami-Rias Line was privatized to the Sanriku Railway Company on 1 April 1984, and the Ōfunato Line was privatized on 1 April 1987, becoming part of JR East.

During the 11 March 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, the station was flooded and part of the tracks on both the Ōfunato Line and Minami-Rias Line were swept away, thus suspending services. The line resumed operations on the Minami-Rias Line on 3 April 2013 between Sakari and Yoshihama. Services between Yoshihama and Kamaishi resumed on 5 April 2014.

Adjacent stations

«	Service		»
Ōfunato Line
Ōfunato	-	Terminus
Sanriku Railway Company
Terminus	Local		Rikuzen-Akasaki

Surrounding area

Ōfunato City Hall
Ōfunato Post Office
Japan National Route 45
Japan National Route 107

External links

JR East station information (Japanese)
Sanriku Railway 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.

Stations of the Sanriku Railway South Rias Line

Sakari Rikuzen-Akasaki Ryōri Koishihama Horei Sanriku Yoshihama Tōni Heita Kamaishi

Coordinates: 39°05′09″N 141°42′39″E / 39.08583°N 141.71083°E / 39.08583; 141.71083

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