Kirikiri Station Explained

Kirikiri Station
Native Name:吉里吉里駅
Native Name Lang:ja
Address:Kirikiri 2-chome, Ōtsuchi, Kamihei, Iwate
Country:Japan
Operator:Sanriku Railway
Line: Rias Line
Distance:52.3 km from
Opened:1938

is a JR East railway station in Ōtsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

Kirikiri Station was served by the Rias Line, and was 52.3adj=preNaNadj=pre from the terminus of the line at Sakari Station.

Station layout

Kirikiri Station have a single side platform serving traffic in both directions.

History

Kirikiri Station opened on 5 April 1938. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987. Operations on the Yamada Line between Miyako Station and Kamaishi Station were suspended after the 11 March 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. The damaged station building was demolished in February 2012. As of 2018, the station have been rebuilt along with the rest of the closed segment of the Yamada Line. It was transferred to the Sanriku Railway upon completion on 23 March 2019. This segment joined up with the Kita-Rias Line on one side and the Minami-Rias Line on the other, which together constitutes the entire Rias Line.[1] Accordingly, this station became an intermediate station of Rias Line.

Surrounding area

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: https://mainichi.jp/articles/20190323/dde/001/040/043000c. ja:東日本大震災 復興鉄路つながった 8年ぶり宮古-釜石、三陸鉄道に. Great East Japan Earthquake Railway have been rebuilt and connected after 8 years reconstruction between Miyako-Kamaishi, Sanriku Railway. 23 March 2019. mainichi.jp. The Mainichi Newspapers Co., Ltd.. Japan. Japanese. 24 March 2019.