Tetaru Station
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Tetaru Station 手樽駅 | |
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 Tetaru Station, December 2012 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Tetaru, Matsushima, Miyagi, Miyagi （宮城県宮城郡松島町手樽字） Japan |
| Operated by | JR East |
| Line(s) | Senseki Line |
| History | |
| Opened | 1928 |
Tetaru Station (手樽駅, Tetaru-eki) is a railway station in Matsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
Tetaru Station is served by the Senseki Line. It is located 27.3 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Senseki Line at Aoba-dōri Station.
Station layout
Tetaru Station has one side platform serving traffic in both directions. There is no station building. The station is unattended.
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
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| Senseki Line | ||||
| Takagimachi | Local | Rikuzen-Tomiyama | ||
History
Tetaru Station opened on April 10, 1928 as a station on the Miyagi Electric Railway. The line 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from March 11, 2011 due to damage to the line associated with the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, and services have been replaced by a provisional Bus Rapid Transit service. The station is scheduled to be reopened in 2015.
Surrounding area
- Miyagi Prefectural Route 27
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