Akabuchi Station


Akabuchi Station is an East Japan Railway Company railway station located in the town of Shizukuishi, Iwate Prefecture, Japan.
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Lines

Akabuchi Station is served by the Tazawako Line, and is located 22.0 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Morioka Station.

Station layout

Akabuchi Station has a single island platform. There is no station building, but only a weather shelter on the platform itself. The station is unattended.

History

Akabuchi Station opened on September 10, 1964, as the terminal station of the now defunct Hashiba Line. It became a station on the Tazawako Line from October 20, 1966. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987.

Surrounding area