Matsushima-Kaigan Station
Matsushima-Kaigan Station 松島海岸駅 | |||||||||||
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 Matsushima-Kaigan Station, October 2008 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Matsushima, Matsushima-cho, Miyagi-gun, Miyagi-ken 981-0213 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°22′5.31″N 141°3′31.64″E / 38.3681417°N 141.0587889°E | ||||||||||
| Distance | 23.2 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 | April 18, 1927 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Matsushima-Kōen (until 1944) | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY2018 | 1054 | ||||||||||
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Matsushima-Kaigan Station (松島海岸駅, Matsushima-Kaigan-eki) is a railway station in the town of Matsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
Matsushima-Kaigan Station is served by the Senseki Line. It is located 23.2 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Senseki Line at Aoba-dōri Station.
Station layout
The station has one elevated island platform with the station building underneath. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Platforms
| 1 | ■ Senseki Line | for Sendai and Aoba-dōri |
| 2 | ■ Senseki Line | for Yamoto and Ishinomaki |
History
Matsushima-Kaigan Station opened on April 18, 1927 as Matsushima Kōen Station (松島公園駅) on the Miyagi Electric Railway. The line was nationalized on May 1, 1944 and the station was renamed to its present name at that time. 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 to May 28, 2011 due to damage associated with the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 1,164 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Surrounding area
See also
References
- ^ 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
- Official website (in Japanese)