Yamoto Station

Yamoto Station (矢本駅, Yamoto-eki) is a railway station in the city of Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Yamoto Station 矢本駅
Yamoto Station, September 2012
Location	Yamoto-Kawabe 271, Higashimatsushima-shi, Miyagi-ken 981-0503 Japan
Coordinates	38.4210°N 141.2099°E / 38.4210; 141.2099
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Senseki Line ■ Senseki-Tōhoku Line
Distance	40.2 km from Aoba-dōri
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	November 22, 1928
Traffic
Passengers (FY2018)	1,216
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Takagimachi toward Sendai Senseki-Tōhoku Line Special Rapid Ishinomaki Terminus Rikuzen-Ono toward Sendai Senseki-Tōhoku Line      Rapid Rikuzen-Akai toward Onagawa Senseki-Tōhoku Line      Rapid Rikuzen-Akai toward Ishinomaki Kazuma toward Aoba-dori Senseki Line Higashi-Yamoto toward Ishinomaki
Location
Yamoto Station Location within Miyagi Prefecture Show map of Miyagi Prefecture Yamoto Station Yamoto Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Yamoto Station is served by the Senseki Line. It is located 40.2 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Senseki Line at Aoba-dōri Station. It is also served by trains of the Senseki-Tōhoku Line.

Station layout

The station has one island platform connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1	■ Senseki Line	for Matsushima-Kaigan and Aoba-dōri
	■ Senseki-Tōhoku Line	for Shiogama and Sendai
2	■ Senseki Line	for Ishinomaki
	■ Senseki-Tōhoku Line	for Ishinomaki

History

Yamoto Station opened on November 22, 1928 as a station on the Miyagi Electric Railway. The Miyagi Electric Railway was nationalized on May 1, 1944. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987.

The station was closed from March 11, 2011 due to damage to the line associated with the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, and services were replaced by provisional bus services.[1] Services reopened on July 16, 2011 to Ishinomaki and on March 17, 2012 to Rikuzen-Ono; services past Rikuzen-Ono the direction of Sendai were resumed on May 30, 2015.[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 1,216 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]

Surrounding area

• National Route 45
• former Yamoto Town Hall
• Yamoto Post Office

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. 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). Retrieved September 10, 2011.
2. 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.
3. 各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2020.

External links

Media related to Yamoto Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in Japanese)