Ōfunato | |
Native Name: | 大船渡 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Ōfunato-cho Chaya-mae 69-1, Ōfunato, Iwate |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Ōfunato Line |
Opened: | 1934 |
Other Services Header: | Former services |
was a JR East railway station located in Ōfunato, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. The station was destroyed by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and has now been replaced by a provisional bus rapid transit line.
Ōfunato Station was served by the Ōfunato Line, and was located 103.1 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Ichinoseki Station.
Ōfunato Station had a single side platform serving traffic in both directions.
Ōfunato Station opened on 3 September 1934.[1] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. The station was destroyed by the 11 March 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.