Kamiarisu Station

Kamiarisu Station

上有住駅
Kamiarisu Station; 上有住駅
	Kamiarisu Station, April 2009
General information
Location	Arisu Tsuchikura 298, Sumita-machi, Kesen-gun, Iwate-ken 029-2501; Japan
Coordinates	39°14′32″N 141°40′53″E / 39.2421°N 141.6814°E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Kamaishi Line
Distance	65.4 km from Hanamaki
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	10 October 1950
Services
Location
	Kamiarisu Station Location within Iwate Prefecture Kamiarisu Station Kamiarisu Station (Japan)

Kamiarisu Station (上有住駅, Kamiarisu-eki) is a railway station in the town of Sumita, Kesen District, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines[edit]

Kamiarisu Station is served by the Kamaishi Line, and is located 65.4 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Hanamaki Station.

Station layout[edit]

The station has one side platform serving a single ground-level bi-directional track. There is no longer a station building, but only a small shelter on the platform. The station is unattended.

History[edit]

Kamiarisu Station opened on 10 October 1950.^[1] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.

Surrounding area[edit]

The station is located in an isolated rural area.

National Route 283
Rokando Cave

References[edit]

^ Miyata, Hiroyuki (June 2014). 釜石線ショートヒストリー～路線と蒸気機関車～ [A short history of the Kamaishi Line: The line and steam locomotives]. Japan Railfan Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 54, no. 638. Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. pp. 24–25.

External links[edit]

Media related to Kami-Arisu Station at Wikimedia Commons

Official website (in Japanese)

[railfan638-1] Miyata, Hiroyuki (June 2014). 釜石線ショートヒストリー～路線と蒸気機関車～ [A short history of the Kamaishi Line: The line and steam locomotives]. Japan Railfan Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 54, no. 638. Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. pp. 24–25.

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