Akabuchi Station

{{short description|Railway station in Shizukuishi, Iwate Prefecture, Japan}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Akabuchi Station

| style = JR East

| native_name = 赤渕駅

| native_name_lang = ja

| type =

| image = Akabuchi sta 20070722.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Akabuchi Station in July 2007

| other_name =

| address = Omyojin Akabuchi, Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate-gun, Iwate-ken 020-0581

| country = Japan

| coordinates = {{Coord|39|41|6.5|N|140|54|25.9|E|type:railwaystation_region:JP-03|display=inline}}

| operator = 20px JR East

| line = {{Colorbull|#FF33CC}} Tazawako Line

| platforms = 1 island platform

| tracks = 2

| distance = 22.0 km from {{STN|Morioka|x}}

| structure = At grade

| code =

| status = Unstaffed

| website = {{official|1=http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=35}}

| opened = September 10, 1964

| rebuilt =

| closed =

| former =

| passengers =

| pass_year =

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=JR East

|line3=Tazawako|left3=Tazawako|right3=Harukiba}}

| map_type = Japan

}}

{{nihongo|Akabuchi Station|赤渕駅|Akabuchi-eki}} is an East Japan Railway Company (JR East) railway station located in the town of Shizukuishi, Iwate Prefecture, Japan.{{cite web|title=Akabuchi Station|url=https://maps.google.com.np/maps/place?ie=UTF-8&q=Akabuchi+Station,+Shizukuishi,+Iwate+Prefecture,+Japan.&fb=1&gl=np&hq=Akabuchi+Station,+Shizukuishi,+Iwate+Prefecture,+Japan.&cid=0|publisher=Google Maps|accessdate=2 February 2014}}{{cite web|title=Japan's Trains – Akabuchi Station (赤渕駅)|url=http://mymapofjapan.com/transit/stations/view/1121106|publisher=mymapofjapan.com|accessdate=2 February 2014|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023257/http://mymapofjapan.com/transit/stations/view/1121106|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Akabuchi station|url=https://www.panoramio.com/photo/71552339|publisher=panoramio.com|accessdate=2 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219080029/http://www.panoramio.com/photo/71552339|archive-date=19 February 2014|url-status=dead}}

Lines

Akabuchi Station is served by the Tazawako Line, and is located 22.0 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Morioka Station.

Station layout

Akabuchi Station has a single island platform. There is no station building, but only a weather shelter on the platform itself. The station is unattended.

=Platforms=

{{ja-rail-line|pfn=1|first=2|name= Tazawako Line|linecol=#FF33CC |dir=for {{STN|Tazawako|x}}
for {{STN|Shizukuishi|x}}, {{STN|Morioka|x}} (trains originating at this station)}}

{{ja-rail-line|pfn=2|first=3|name= Tazawako Line|linecol=#FF33CC |dir=for {{STN|Shizukuishi|x}}
for {{STN|Morioka |x}}}}

History

Akabuchi Station opened on September 10, 1964, as the terminal station of the now defunct Hashiba Line. It became a station on the Tazawako Line from October 20, 1966. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987.