Rikuchū-Orii Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 陸中折居駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Mizusawa-ku Shinjo-aze, Ōshū-shi, Iwate-ken 023-0841 |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Tōhoku Main Line |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Tracks: | 2 |
Distance: | 465.1 km from |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Opened: | 25 November 1928 |
Map Type: | Japan Iwate Prefecture#Japan |
is a railway station in the city of Ōshū, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Rikuchū-Orii Station is served by the Tōhoku Main Line and is located 465.1 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tokyo Station.
Rikuchū-Orii Station is an unattended station that has two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge.
Rikuchū-Orii Signal stop was opened on 15 January, 1924, and elevated to a full passenger station opened on 25 November, 1928. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April, 1987. The station building was heavily damaged by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, and a new station building was completed in December 2011.