Maeyachi Station
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Maeyachi Station (前谷地駅, Maeyachi-eki?) is a JR East railway station located in Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan. It is the southern terminus of the JR Kesennuma Line, and is also a station on the Ishinomaki Line.
It was unaffected by the 2011 Japanese tsunami.
[edit] Surrounding area
- Highway 45
- Kanan Post Office
[edit] History
- October 28, 1912: Station begins operation.
- October 24, 1968: Yanaizu Line in created.
- December 11, 1977: The Yanizu Line is extended to Motoyoshi to join the south end of the Kesennuma Line. The full line is known as the Kesennuma Line.
- July 26, 2003: A magnitude 6.2 earthquake derails a train locally.
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