Hirakura Station
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Hirakura Station 平倉駅 | |||||||||||
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![]() Hirakura Station, October 2010 | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Kamigōchō, Hirakura, Tōno-shi, Iwate-ken 028-0772 Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 39°15′54″N 141°35′44″E / 39.2649°N 141.5955°E | ||||||||||
Operated by | ![]() | ||||||||||
Line(s) | ■ Kamaishi Line | ||||||||||
Distance | 56.6 km from Hanamaki | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 23 November 1915 | ||||||||||
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Hirakura Station (平倉駅, Hirakura-eki) is a railway station in the city of Tōno, Iwate, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
[edit]Hirakura Station is served by the Kamaishi Line, and is located 56.6 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Hanamaki Station.
Station layout
[edit]The station has one side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended.
History
[edit]Hirakura Station opened on 23 November 1915 initially as a station on the Iwate Light Railway (岩手軽便鉄道), a 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) light railway extending 65.4 km from Hanamaki to the now-defunct Sennintōge Station (仙人峠駅).[1] The line was nationalized in 1936, becoming the Kamaishi Line. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.
Surrounding area
[edit]The station is located in an isolated rural area.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Miyata, Hiroyuki (June 2014). 釜石線ショートヒストリー ~路線と蒸気機関車~ [A short history of the Kamaishi Line: The line and steam locomotives]. Japan Railfan Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 54, no. 638. Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. pp. 24–25.
External links
[edit] Media related to Hirakura Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)