Rikuchū-Yagi Station (陸中八木駅, Rikuchū-Yagi-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the town of Hirono, Kunohe District, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[1][2]
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.jpg) Rikuchū-Yagi station building in July 2013 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 1-114 Taneichi, Taneichi, Hirono-machi, Kunohe-gun, Iwate-ken 028-7900 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°20′43″N 141°46′00″E / 40.345399°N 141.766583°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Hachinohe Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 43.1 km from Hachinohe | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 November 1925 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2088 | ||||||||||
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Lines
editRikuchū-Yagi Station is served by the Hachinohe Line, and is 43.1 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Hachinohe Station.[2]
Station layout
editRikuchū-Yagi Station has two opposed ground-level side platforms serving two tracks. The platforms are connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station is unattended.[2][1]
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ Hachinohe Line | for Taneichi and Hachinohe |
| 2 | ■ Hachinohe Line | for Kuji |
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The former station building in November 2007 -
Platform, November 2014
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History
editRikuchū-Yagi Station opened on 1 November 1925.[3] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.[3] A new station building and waiting room was completed in March 2008.[citation needed]
Surrounding area
edit- Yagi Post Office
National Route 45
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "陸中八木駅" [Rikuchū-Yagi Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
- ^ a b c Kawashima, Ryōzō (2015). 図説: 日本の鉄道 東北ライン 全線・全駅・全配線・第8巻 岩手 青森 エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated.Tohoku Area. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 8 Iwate Aomori area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. ISBN 4062951754.
- ^ a b Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 509. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
External links
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Media related to Rikuchu-Yagi Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)