Operated by JR East | Opened 1928 | |
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Similar Maesawa Station, Shimizuhara Station, Yushima Station, Rokuhara Station, Umegasawa Station | ||
Rikuchū-Orii Station (陸中折居駅, Rikuchū-Orii-eki) is a railway station on the Tōhoku Main Line in Ōshū, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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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.
Station layout
Rikuchū-Orii Station has two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by an overhead crossing. The station is unattended.
History
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.