Kuriyagawa Station

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]

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
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
Passengers
FY2015	2967 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Aoyama toward Morioka Hanawa Line Sugo toward Ōdate Preceding station Iwate Galaxy Railway Following station Aoyama toward Morioka Iwate Galaxy Railway Line Sugo toward Metoki
Location
Kuriyagawa Station Location within Japan

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

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

• Kuriyagawa Post Office
• Iwate-Kenpoku Bus Morioka Bus office
• Japan National Route 4

See also

• List of Railway Stations in Japan

References

1. 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.

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)