Namiitakaigan Station

Namiitakaigan Station 浪板海岸駅
Namiitakaigan Station in March 2019
General information
Location	Kirkiri, Ōtsuchi, Kamihei, Iwate （岩手県上閉伊郡大槌町吉里吉里） Japan
Operated by	Sanriku Railway
Line(s)	■ Rias Line
Distance	54.1 km from Sakari
History
Opened	1961
Previous names	Namiita (until 1994)

Namiitakaigan Station (浪板海岸駅, Namiitakaigan-eki) is a Sanriku Railway Company railway station located in Ōtsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

Namiitakaigan Station is served by the Rias Line, and was located 54.1 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Morioka Station. Formerly, it was served by the Yamada Line.

Station layout

Namiitakaigan Station had a single side platform serving traffic in both directions. There was no station building, but only a shelter on the platform. The station was unattended.

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Rias Line
Kirikiri		-	Iwate-Funakoshi

History

Namiitakaigan Station opened on 20 December 1961 as Namiita Station (浪板駅, Namiita-eki). The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987. It was renamed to its present name on 3 December 1994. Operations on the Yamada Line between Miyako Station and Kamaishi Station were suspended after the 11 March 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, which severely damaged the tracks and area surrounding the station. 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 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.[1] Accordingly, this station became an intermediate station of Rias Line.

Surrounding area

• National Route 45
• Namiita Beach

References

1. 東日本大震災 復興鉄路つながった　８年ぶり宮古－釜石、三陸鉄道に [Great East Japan Earthquake Railway have been rebuilt and connected after 8 years reconstruction between Miyako-Kamaishi, Sanriku Railway]. mainichi.jp (in Japanese). Japan: The Mainichi Newspapers Co., Ltd. 23 March 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2019.

External links

• JR East Station information (in Japanese)

39.3837°N 141.9353°E / 39.3837; 141.9353