Kuriyagawa Station

Kuriyagawa Station
厨川駅
Kuriyagawa Station, August 2007
Location 1-17-1 Kuriyagawa, Morioka-shi, Iwate-ken 020-0124
Japan
Coordinates 39°44′40.7″N 141°7′45.7″E / 39.744639°N 141.129361°E / 39.744639; 141.129361
Operated by Iwate Galaxy Railway Company
Line(s) ■ Iwate Ginga Railway Line
Distance 5.6 km from Morioka
Platforms 1 side + 1 island platforms
Tracks 3
Construction
Structure type At grade
Other information
Status Staffed
Website Official website
History
Opened November 1, 1918
Traffic
Passengers (FY2015) 2967 daily
Location
Kuriyagawa Station
Location within Japan

Kuriyagawa Station (厨川駅, Kuriyagawa-eki) is a railway station in the city of Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Iwate Ginga Railway. [1]

Lines

Kuriyagawa Station is served by the Iwate Ginga Railway Line, and is located 5.6 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Morioka Station and 540.9 rail kilometers from Tokyo Station. Trains of the JR East Hanawa Line, which officially terminates at Kōma usually continue on to Morioka Station, stopping at all intermediate stations, including Kuriyagawa Station.

Station layout

Kuriyagawa Station has one island platform and one side platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

Platforms

1 ■ Iwate Ginga Railway Line for Morioka
■ Hanawa Line for Ōbuke, Araya-Shinmachi and Kazuno-Hanawa
2 ■ Iwate Ginga Railway Line for Iwate-Numakunai, Ninohe and Hachinohe

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Iwate Ginga Railway Line
Aoyama   -   Sugo
Hanawa Line
Aoyama   express Hachimantai   Sugo
Aoyama   -   Sugo

History

Kuriyagawa Station was opened on November 1, 1918.[1] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987 and was transferred to the Iwate Ginga Railway on 1 September 2002.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 2967 passengers daily.[2]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Iwate Galaxy Railway Co., Ltd. "Kuriyagawa Station" (in Japanese). Retrieved December 31, 2013.
  2. ↑ 平成27年度 駅別乗降人員(1日平均) [Fiscal 2015 Station passenger figures (daily average)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Iwate Galaxy Railway Company. 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
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