Higashi-Orio

Higashi-Orio Station ( 東折尾駅 Higashi-Orio-eki ? ) was a freight train station on the Kagoshima Main Line of Japanese National Railways (JNR) located in Yahata Nishi-ku, Kitakyūshū , Japan . It served as a station between May 1, 1961, and February 1, 1984. After its discontinuation as a station, the remaining yard continued as Higashi-Orio Shingōjō ( 東折尾信号場 ? ) which still exists as of 2008. Its location was between Kurosaki Station and Orio Station , 1.9 km from the former and 3.3 km from the latter. In 2000, Jinnoharu Station opened partially utilizing the land of the former yard. [1]