Rikuzen-Tomiyama Station
Rikuzen-Tomiyama Station (陸前富山駅, Rikuzen-Tomiyama-eki) is a railway station in the town of Matsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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 Rikuzen-Tomiyama Station in May 2015 | |||||||||||
| Location | Tetaru Hayakawa-Higashi, Matsushima-cho, Miyagi-gun, Miyagi-ken 981-0211 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38.3865°N 141.1073°E | ||||||||||
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| Line(s) | ■ Senseki Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 28.6 km from Aoba-dōri | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | April 10, 1928 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2015 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Tomiyama (until 1944) | ||||||||||
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Lines
Rikuzen-Tomiyama Station is served by the Senseki Line, and is located 28.6 kilometers from the terminus of the Senseki Line at Aoba-dōri Station.
Station layout
The station has one side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended.
History
The station opened on April 10, 1928, as Tomiyama Station (富山駅) on the Miyagi Electric Railway.[1] The line was nationalized on May 1, 1944 and the station was renamed Rikuzen-Tomiyama at that time.[1] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987.[1]
The station was closed from March 11, 2011 due to damage to the line associated with the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, and services replaced by a provisional bus rapid transit service.[2] The station was reopened on 30 May 2015.[3]
The station in December 2012, while services were suspended
Surrounding area
- Tomiyama Kannon
See also
References
- Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). II. Japan: JTB. p. 478. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- Sendai Branch, East Japan Railway Company (September 1, 2011). 地震等による列車影響と運転見込みについて (in Japanese). Archived from the original on September 2, 2011. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
- Sendai Branch, East Japan Railway Company. 2015.5.30(土)ダイヤ改正 仙石東北ライン開業 仙石線全線復旧 (in Japanese). Retrieved July 12, 2015.
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)