Line(s) Minami-Rias Line Opened 1970 | ||
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Location Akasaki-cho Daido, Ōfunato, Iwate（岩手県大船渡市赤崎町字大洞）Japan Similar Horei Station, Koishihama Station, Ryōri Station, Yoshihama Station, Sanriku Station | ||
Rikuzen Akasaki Station (陸前赤崎駅, Rikuzen-Akasaki-eki) was a railway station on the Sanriku Railway Company’s Minami-Rias Line located in the city of Ōfunato, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. It is 3.7 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Sakari Station.
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Station layout
Rikuzen-Akasaki Station has a single elevated side platform serving traffic in both directions. There is no station building, but only a shelter on the platform.
History
Rikuzen-Akasaki Station opened on 1 March 1970 as a station on the Japan National Railway (JNR). It was privatized on 1 April 1984, becoming a station on the Sanriku Railway. During the 11 March 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, part of the tracks on the Minami-Rias Line were swept away, thus suspending services. The line resumed operations on 3 April 2013 between Sakari and Yoshihama). Services between Yoshihama and Kamaishi resumed on 5 April 2014.