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Ōfunato Station (大船渡駅, Ōfunato-eki) was a JR East railway station located in Ōfunato, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. The station was destroyed by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and has now been replaced by a provisional bus rapid transit line.
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 Ōfunato Station in November 2019 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Ōfunato-cho Chaya-mae 69-1, Ōfunato, Iwate （岩手県大船渡市大船渡町字茶屋前69-1） Japan | ||||||||||
| Operated by | JR East | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Ōfunato Line | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1934 | ||||||||||
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Lines edit
Ōfunato Station was served by the Ōfunato Line, and was located 103.1 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Ichinoseki Station.
Station layout edit
Ōfunato Station had a single side platform serving traffic in both directions.
History edit
Ōfunato Station opened on 3 September 1934.[1] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. The station was destroyed by the 11 March 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
Surrounding area edit
National Route 45- Ōfunato Port
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ofunato Station.
- East Station information (in Japanese)
References edit
- ^ Ishino, Satoshi (1998-10-01). 停車場変遷大事典 [Encyclopedia of station changes] (in Japanese) (First ed.). Tokyo, Japan: JTB Corporation. p. 487. ISBN 9784533029806.