Orihata Station (おりはた駅, Orihata-eki) is a railway station in Nan'yō, Yamagata, Japan, operated by the Yamagata Railway.

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Orihata Station おりはた駅
Orihata Station (October 2006)
General information
Location	Urushiyama, Nan'yō, Yamagata （山形県南陽市漆山） Japan
Coordinates	38°03′59″N 140°07′21″E
Operated by	Yamagata Railway
Line(s)	Flower Nagai Line
History
Opened	1959
Previous names	Nishi-Miyauchi (until 1988)
Passengers
FY 2011	46 daily

Lines

Orihata Station is a station on the Flower Nagai Line, and is located 4.4 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Akayu Station.

Station layout

Orihata Station has a single side platform serving traffic in both directions. The station is unattended.^{[citation needed]}

Adjacent stations

History

Orihata Station opened on 1 June 1959 as Nishi-Miyauchi Station (西宮内駅, Nishi-Miyauchi-eki). The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, and became a station on the Yamagata Railway from 25 October 1988, and was renamed to its present name on the same day.^{[citation needed]}

Surrounding area

• Mogami River
• Orihata River
• Route 113

External links

• Flower Nagai Line (in Japanese)

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