Rikuchū-Yagi Station

Railway station in Hirono, Iwate Prefecture, Japan

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

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

Rikuchū-Yagi Station (陸中八木駅, Rikuchū-Yagi-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-Yagi Station is served by the Hachinohe Line, and is 43.1 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Hachinohe Station.^[2]

Station layout

Rikuchū-Yagi Station has two opposed ground-level side platforms serving two tracks. The platforms are connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station is unattended.^[2]^[1]

Platforms

1	■ Hachinohe Line	for Taneichi and Hachinohe
2	■ Hachinohe Line	for Kuji

The former station building in November 2007
Platform, November 2014

History

Rikuchū-Yagi Station opened on 1 November 1925.^[3] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.^[3] A new station building and waiting room was completed in March 2008.^{[citation needed]}

Surrounding area

Yagi Post Office
National Route 45

References

^ ^a ^b "陸中八木駅" [Rikuchū-Yagi 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.