Rikuchū-Nakano Station

Railway station in Hirono, Iwate Prefecture, Japan

Preceding station	JR East			Following station
Uge towards Hachinohe		Hachinohe Line		Samuraihama towards Kuji

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

Rikuchū-Nakano Station (陸中中野駅, Rikuchū-Nakano-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the town of Hirono, Kunohe District, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).^[1]^[2]

Lines

Rikuchū-Nakano Station is served by the Hachinohe Line, and is 48.4 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Hachinohe Station.^[2]

Station layout

Rikuchū-Nakano Station has a single ground-level side platform serving one bi-directional track. There is a small rain shelter built on top of the platform, but there is no station building. The station is unattended.^[2]^[1]

History

Rikuchū-Nakano Station opened on March 27, 1930.^[3] On the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the operational control of JR East.^[3]

Surrounding area

Rikuchū-Nakano Post Office
National Route 45

References

^ ^a ^b "陸中中野駅" [Rikuchū-Nakano Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c Kawashima, Ryōzō (2015). 図説: 日本の鉄道東北ライン全線・全駅・全配線・第8巻岩手青森エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated.Tohoku Area. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 8 Iwate Aomori area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. ISBN 4062951754.
^ ^a ^b Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 509. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.