Matsushima-Kaigan Station

Location
	Matsushima-Kaigan Station Location within Japan

Matsushima-Kaigan Station

松島海岸駅
Matsushima-Kaigan Station; 松島海岸駅
	Matsushima-Kaigan Station, October 2008
General information
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
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi )
Website	Official website
History
Opened	April 18, 1927
Previous names	Matsushima-Kōen (until 1944)
Passengers
FY2016	1017
Location
Location
	Matsushima-Kaigan Station Location within Japan

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

Matsushima-Kaigan 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

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Senseki Line
Rikuzen-Hamada		Local		Takagimachi

History

File:Matsushima Station Eki Stamp.jpg

The eki stamp for Matsushima-Kaigan Station depicts the city's famous pine-clad islands, one of the Three Views of Japan

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 2016, the station was used by an average of 1,017 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

Surrounding area

References

^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2016年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2016)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2016.

External links

Official website Template:Ja icon

[jreast2016stats-1] 各駅の乗車人員 (2016年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2016)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2016.

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