Iwate-Ōkawa Station
Railway station in Japan
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Iwate-Ōkawa Station (岩手大川駅, Iwate-Ōkawa-eki) was a railway station on the Iwaizumi Line in Iwaizumi, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Iwate-Ōkawa Station 岩手大川駅 | |||||||||||
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 Iwate-Ōkawa Station, August 2008 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Ōkawa Mai-no-ko 64, Iwaizumi, Iwate （岩手県下閉伊郡岩泉町大川字舞の子64） Japan | ||||||||||
| Operator | JR East | ||||||||||
| Line | Iwaizumi Line | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1954 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 2014 | ||||||||||
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Lines
Iwate-Ōkawa Station was a station on the Iwaizumi Line, and was located 25.8 rail kilometers from the opposing terminus of the line at Moichi Station.
Station layout
Iwate-Ōkawa Station had a single side platform serving traffic in both directions. The station was unattended.
History
Iwate-Ōkawa Station opened on 16 May 1957. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987. The operation of the Iwaizumi Line was suspended from July 2010 and the line was officially closed on 1 April 2014.[1]
Surrounding area
- Iwate-Ōkawa Post Office
- Japan National Route 340