Rikuzen-Takata Station

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Rikuzen-Takata Station (陸前高田駅) was a JR East railway station in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. It was on the Ōfunato Line, 85.4 km from Ichinoseki Station, and had two side platforms connected by a level crossing, along with a staffed ticket office. The station opened on 15 December 1933 and became part of JR East on 1 April 1987 after JNR privatization. It was one of six Ōfunato Line stations destroyed by the 11 March 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, and the staff were killed. Since then, rail service on the line has been replaced by a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system between Kesennuma and Ōfunato. The station no longer serves trains.