Orihata Station
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Operated byYamagata Railway
Line(s)Flower Nagai Line
Orihata Station おりはた駅 | |
|---|---|
 Orihata Station (October 2006) | |
| General information | |
| Location | Urushiyama, Nan'yō, Yamagata （山形県南陽市漆山） Japan |
| Coordinates | 38°03′59″N 140°07′21″E / 38.066492°N 140.122472°E |
| Operated by | Yamagata Railway |
| Line(s) | Flower Nagai Line |
| History | |
| Opened | 1959 |
| Previous names | Nishi-Miyauchi (until 1988) |
| Passengers | |
| FY 2011 | 46 daily |
Orihata Station (おりはた駅, Orihata-eki) is a railway station in Nan'yō, Yamagata, Japan, operated by the Yamagata Railway.
Orihata Station is a station on the Flower Nagai Line, and is located 4.4 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Akayu Station.
Station layout
Orihata Station has a single side platform serving traffic in both directions. The station is unattended.[citation needed]
Adjacent stations
History
Orihata Station opened on 1 June 1959 as Nishi-Miyauchi Station (西宮内駅, Nishi-Miyauchi-eki). The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987.
It and became a station on the Yamagata Railway from 25 October 1988, and was renamed to its present name on the same day.[1]
