Sanriku Kuji Station in March 2010 is a railway station on the

Hachinohe Line The is a railway line in the Tohoku Region of Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It links Hachinohe Station in Hachinohe, Aomori with Kuji Station in Kuji, Iwate. The line stretches 64.9 km along the Pacific Ocean co ...

in the city of

Kuji, Iwate is a Japanese city in Iwate Prefecture. , the city had an estimated population of 34,418 in 15,675 households, and a population density of 55 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Kuji is in far northeastern Iwate Prefect ...

, Japan, operated by

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(JR East).

Lines

Kuji Station a

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on the

, and is located 64.9 kilometers from the opposing terminus of the line at

Hachinohe Station is a railway station operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan. Lines Hachinohe Station is served by the high-speed Tōhoku Shinkansen line between and , and forms the starting point of the Hachinohe Li ...

. It is also a terminal station for 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 ...

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and is 163.0 kilometers from the opposing terminus at

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Station layout

Kuji Station has a single

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connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a ''

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'' staffed ticket office. The side of the platform used by the Sanriku Railway is also used by three starting trains per day on the Hachinohe Line.

Platforms

Route bus

* JR Bus Tohoku **For

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(

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Relay Bus "Swallow") **For Morioka Station via Rikuchū-Yamagata, Kuzumai and Numakunai (Express Bus "Shirakaba") *Northern Iwate Transportation **For

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, Morioka Bus Center (Express Bus "Kuji Kohaku") **For Tokyo Dome Hotel,

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Tamachi Station is a railway station in the Tamachi neighborhood of Minato, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is served by the circular Yamanote Line and the Keihin-Tōhoku Line. All trains stop at this station. Mita Stat ...

(Express Bus "Iwate Kizuna", with Fuji Express)

History

Kuji Station opened on 27 March 1930. The station became a terminal station for the Kuji Line on 20 July 1976. This line was privatized on 1 April 1984, becoming the Sanriku Railway Kita-Rias Line. Kuji 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. The

2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami The occurred at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) on 11 March. The magnitude 9.0–9.1 (M) undersea megathrust earthquake had an epicenter in the Pacific Ocean, east of the Oshika Peninsula of the Tōhoku region, and lasted approximately six minutes ...

on 11 March 2011 destroyed much of the tracks and many stations on both the Hachinohe Line and the Sanriku Railway. However, the Sanriku Railway resumed operations to Rikuchū-Noda Station by 16 March and to Tanohata Station by 1 April 2012. The Hachinohe Line resumed operations on 17 March 2012. Minami-Rias Line, a segment of Yamada Line, and Kita-Rias Line constitute Rias Line on 23 March 2019. Accordingly, this station became a terminus station of Rias Line.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the JR East portion of the station was used by an average of 269 passenger daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

*Kuji Post office

References

External links

JR East Station information

Sanriku Railway Station information
{{Rias Line Railway stations in Iwate Prefecture Hachinohe Line Rias Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1930 Kuji, Iwate