Nakasato Station (Iwate)

Coordinates: 39°39′43″N 141°44′10″E / 39.66194°N 141.73611°E / 39.66194; 141.73611
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Nakasato Station

中里駅
Nakasato Station, January 2007
General information
LocationKariya dai-14 jiwari, Miyako, Iwate
(岩手県宮古市刈屋第14地割)
Japan
Operated byJR East
Line(s)Iwaizumi Line
History
Opened1966
Closed2014
Former services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Iwate-Wainai
towards Iwaizumi
Iwaizumi Line Iwate-Kariya
towards Moichi

Nakasato Station (中里駅, Nakasato-eki) was a railway station on the Iwaizumi Line in Miyako, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines[edit]

Nakasato Station was a station on the Iwaizumi Line, and was located 7.2 rail kilometers from the opposing terminus of the line at Moichi Station.

Station layout[edit]

Nakasato Station had a single side platform serving traffic in both directions. There was no station building. The station was unattended.

History[edit]

Nakasato Station opened on 1 October 1966. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987. The operation of the Iwaizumi Line was suspended from July 2010 and the line was officially closed on 1 April 2014.[1]

Surrounding area[edit]

  • Kariya River

References[edit]

  1. ^ JTB Timetable (April 2014) p. 623


39°39′43″N 141°44′10″E / 39.66194°N 141.73611°E / 39.66194; 141.73611