Rikuzen-Takata Station

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Rikuzen-Takata 陸前高田
Rikuzen-Takata Station in December 2018
General information
Location	Takata-cho Naruishi 42-5, Rikuzentakata-shi, Iwate-ken 029-2205 Japan
Coordinates	39°00′46″N 141°37′33″E / 39.012737°N 141.625889°E / 39.012737; 141.625889
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Ōfunato Line
Distance	85.4 km from Ichinoseki
Platforms	2 side platforms
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	15 December 1933
Closed	11 March 2011
Passengers
FY2010	220 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Tochigasawa-Kouen towards Rikuzen-Yahagi Kesennuma / Ōfunato BRT branch service Takatakoukomae towards Sakari Kiseki-No-Ippommatsu towards Maeyachi Kesennuma / Ōfunato BRT
Former services
Preceding station JR East Following station Takekoma towards Ichinoseki Ōfunato Line Wakinosawa towards Sakari
Location Rikuzen-Takata Location within Japan

Rikuzen-Takata Station (陸前高田駅, Rikuzen-Takata-eki) was a JR East railway station located in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. The station, as well as most of the structures in the surrounding area, was destroyed by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and has now been replaced by a bus rapid transit line.