Orihata Station
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Orihata Station (October 2006)
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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°ECoordinates: 38°03′59″N 140°07′21″E / 38.066492°N 140.122472°E |
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.