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Orihata Station

Orihata Station
おりはた駅
Orihata Station 2006-10-31.jpg
Orihata Station (October 2006)
Location Urushiyama, Nan'yō, Yamagata
(山形県南陽市漆山)
Japan
Coordinates 38°03′59″N 140°07′21″E / 38.066492°N 140.122472°E / 38.066492; 140.122472Coordinates: 38°03′59″N 140°07′21″E / 38.066492°N 140.122472°E / 38.066492; 140.122472
Operated by Yamagata Railway
Line(s) Flower Nagai Line
History
Opened 1959
Previous names Nishi-Miyauchi (until 1988)
Traffic
Passengers (FY 2011) 46 daily

Orihata Station (おりはた駅 Orihata-eki?) is a railway station in Nan'yō, Yamagata, Japan, operated by the Yamagata Railway.

Orihata Station is a station on the Flower Nagai Line, and is located 4.4 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Akayu Station.

Orihata Station has a single side platform serving traffic in both directions. The station is unattended.

Orihata Station opened on 1 June 1959 as Nishi-Miyauchi Station (西宮内駅 Nishi-Miyauchi-eki?). The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, and became a station on the Yamagata Railway from 25 October 1988, and was renamed to its present name on the same day.


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