Train service
No publicly available departure data for this station.
Location
History
Arayashimmachi Station opened on 30 October 1927 as a Ministry of Railways stop serving the village of Arasawa, with a Morioka Engine House overnight depot established on site. The station became the seat of the Hanawa Line Management Office in 1961, later a Morioka Engine Depot sub-area. Freight ended in 1973 and luggage in 1984; it was absorbed into JR East on 1 April 1987 and contracted out to JR East Tohoku Service in December 1999. The Midori-no-Madoguchi reservations office closed on 17 March 2023, and the station became fully unstaffed the following day.
Notes
The site still holds the roundhouse and turntable of the former Morioka Engine Depot's Arayashimmachi sub-area, which remains in use for winter maintenance work.
Sources
Last updated: 2026-05-18