Kurauchi Station (蔵内駅, Kurauchi-eki?) is located on the JR Kesennuma Line in Kesennuma, Miyagi.
It was damaged by the 2011 Japanese tsunami.
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[edit] History
- December 11, 1977: Station begins operation.
[edit] Adjacent stations
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- (Japanese) Kurauchi Station (JR East)
- 38°45′14″N 141°31′28″E / 38.753939°N 141.524306°E / 38.753939; 141.524306Coordinates: 38°45′14″N 141°31′28″E / 38.753939°N 141.524306°E / 38.753939; 141.524306
- "JR気仙沼線 【前面展望 ４】 本吉⇒歌津" (video). YouTube.com. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9lGpwBy19A. Retrieved 2011-04-26. video of a train trip from Motoyoshi Station to Utatsu Station in 2009, passing through Rikuzen-Koizumi Station, Kurauchi Station, and Rikuzen-Minato Station at around 02:35, 03:55, 05:17 minutes, respectively, without stopping. Satellite photos (eg, in Google Maps) showed that large sections of track and railway bridges were severely affected or washed away by the 2011 tsunami. Motoyoshi Station was undamaged, Rikuzen-Koizumi Station was destroyed, Kurauchi Station was damaged, and Rikuzen-Minato Station was destroyed.
