Iwate-Ōkawa Station

Railway station in Japan

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Iwate-Ōkawa Station

岩手大川駅

Iwate-Ōkawa Station, August 2008

General information
Location| Ōkawa Mai-no-ko 64, Iwaizumi, Iwate
（岩手県下閉伊郡岩泉町大川字舞の子64）
Japan
Operated by| JR East
Line(s)| Iwaizumi Line
History
Opened| 1954
Closed| 2014
Former services
| Preceding station  |  JR East | Following station

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Asanai

towards Iwaizumi

|  | Iwaizumi Line |  | Oshikado

towards Moichi

Iwate-Ōkawa Station (岩手大川駅, Iwate-Ōkawa-eki) was a railway station on the Iwaizumi Line in Iwaizumi, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

## Lines

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Iwate-Ōkawa Station was a station on the Iwaizumi Line, and was located 25.8 rail kilometers from the opposing terminus of the line at Moichi Station.

## Station layout

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Iwate-Ōkawa Station had a single side platform serving traffic in both directions. The station was unattended.

## History

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Iwate-Ōkawa Station opened on 16 May 1957. 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

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* Iwate-Ōkawa Post Office
* Japan National Route 340

## References

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

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Stations of the Iwaizumi Line

* Moichi
* Iwate-Kariya
* Nakasato
* Iwate-Wainai
* Oshikado
* Iwate-Ōkawa
* Asanai
* Nishōishi
* Iwaizumi

39°48′01″N 141°40′20″E﻿ / ﻿39.8002°N 141.6721°E﻿ / 39.8002; 141.6721
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