Orikabe Station

Orikabe 折壁
Orikabe Station in April 2011
Location	Murone-cho Orikabe-aze Osato 126, Ichinoseki, Iwate （岩手県一関市室根町折壁字大里126） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Ōfunato Line
History
Opened	1928

Orikabe Station (折壁駅, Orikabe-eki) is a JR East railway station located in Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

Orikabe Station is served by the Ōfunato Line, and is located 47.6 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Ichinoseki Station.

Station layout

Orikabe 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
Yagoshi		-	Niitsuki

History

Orikabe Station opened on September 2, 1928. 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 November 2007.

Surrounding area

National Route 284
Mount Murone
Murone Kirameki Park

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Orikabe Station.

JR East Station information (in 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°56′23″N 141°27′08″E / 38.9396°N 141.4522°E / 38.9396; 141.4522

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