Rikuchū-Orii Station

Rikuchū-Orii Station 陸中折居駅
File:Orii(after the Tohoku Earthquake ).JPG Rikuchū-Orii Station, May 2013
Location	Mizusawa-ku Shinjo-aze, Ōshū, Iwate （岩手県奥州市水沢区真城字要害） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Tōhoku Main Line
History
Opened	1928

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).

Lines

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.

Platforms

1	■ Tōhoku Main Line	for Kitakami and Morioka
2	■ Tōhoku Main Line	for Hiraizumi and Ichinoseki

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Tōhoku Main Line
Maesawa		-	Mizusawa

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.

Surrounding area

• Kitakami River
• Maesawa High School

External links

• JR East Station information (Japanese)