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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Yamoto Station, September 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Yamoto-Kawabe 271, Higashimatsushima-shi, Miyagi-ken 981-0503 Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°25′16″N 141°12′36″E / 38.4210°N 141.2099°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 40.2 km from Aoba-dōri | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | November 22, 1928 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY2018 | 1,216 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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  Yamoto Station Location within Miyagi Prefecture  Yamoto Station Yamoto Station (Japan) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lines edit
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 edit
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 edit
| 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 edit
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 edit
In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 1,216 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]
Surrounding area edit
National Route 45- former Yamoto Town Hall
- Yamoto Post Office
See also edit
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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 edit
Media related to Yamoto Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)