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Rikuchū-Orii Station

Railway station in Ōshu, Iwate Prefecture, Japan

Preceding station	JR East			Following station
Maesawa towards Kuroiso		Tōhoku Main Line Local		Mizusawa towards Morioka

Location
Rikuchū-Orii Station Location within Iwate Prefecture Show map of Iwate Prefecture Rikuchū-Orii Station Rikuchū-Orii Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Rikuchū-Orii Station (陸中折居駅, Rikuchū-Orii-eki) is a railway station in the city of 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 is an unattended station that has two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge.

Platforms

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

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.