is a

JR East The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are ...

railway station in

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Iwate Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. It is the second-largest Japanese prefecture at , with a population of 1,210,534 (as of October 1, 2020). Iwate Prefecture borders Aomori Prefecture to the north, Akita Prefectur ...

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Lines

Kirikiri Station was served by the

Rias Line The is a railway company in Iwate Prefecture in northern Japan. The company and its lines are also known as . The company was founded in 1981, as the first "Public-Private Partnerships In Japan, third sector" (half State ownership, public, half ...

, and was from the terminus of the line at

Sakari Station is a railway station in the city of Ōfunato in Iwate Prefecture, Japan, jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), the third-sector operator Sanriku Railway, and the freight operator Iwate Development Railway. Lines Sakari Stat ...

Station layout

Kirikiri Station have a single

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serving traffic in both directions.

Adjacent stations

History

Kirikiri Station opened on 5 April 1938. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the

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of the

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(JNR) on 1 April 1987. Operations on the Yamada Line between

Miyako Station file:SanrikuRailway MiyakoSta 091017.jpg, The old Sanriku Miyako Station is a railway station in the city of Miyako, Iwate, Japan, operated by the Sanriku Railway. Lines Miyako Station is a terminal station on the Yamada Line (JR East), Yamada ...

and

Kamaishi Station is a junction railway station in the city of Kamaishi, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the Third-sector Sanriku Railway. Lines Kamaishi Station is a terminal station of the JR East Kamaishi Line and is locat ...

were suspended after the 11 March 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. The damaged station building was demolished in February 2012. As of 2018, the station have been rebuilt along with the rest of the closed segment of the Yamada Line. It was transferred to the

Sanriku Railway The is a railway company in Iwate Prefecture in northern Japan. The company and its lines are also known as . The company was founded in 1981, as the first " third sector" (half public, half private) railway line in the country, excluding specia ...

upon completion on 23 March 2019. This segment joined up with the Kita-Rias Line on one side and the Minami-Rias Line on the other, which together constitutes the entire Rias Line. Accordingly, this station became an intermediate station of Rias Line.

Surrounding area

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* Kirikiri Post Office

References

External links

JR East Station information
{{Coord, 39.3698, N, 141.9389, E, type:railwaystation_region:JP, display=title Railway stations in Iwate Prefecture Rias Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1938 Ōtsuchi, Iwate