Yagoshi Station

Yagoshi 矢越
Yagoshi Station in October 2010
Location	Murone-cho Yagoshi-aze Gotanda 57, Ichinoseki, Iwate （岩手県一関市室根町矢越字五反田57） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Ōfunato Line
History
Opened	1928

Yagoshi Station (矢越駅, Yagoshi-eki) is a JR East railway station located in Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

Yagoshi Station is served by the Ōfunato Line, and is located 47.6 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Ichinoseki Station.

Station layout

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

Platforms

1	■ Ōfunato Line	for Ichinoseki
2	■ Ōfunato Line	for Kesennuma

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Ōfunato Line
Konashi		-	Orikabe

History

Yagoshi Station opened on September 2, 1928. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. A new station building was completed in March 2005.

Surrounding area

National Route 284
Hikobae Forest

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Yagoshi Station.

JR East Station information (Japanese)

Stations of the Ōfunato Line

Stations in Italics were destroyed by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and are currently being served by a provisional Bus Rapid Transit line.

Coordinates: 38°56′07″N 141°25′44″E / 38.9352°N 141.4290°E / 38.9352; 141.4290

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