Unosumai Station

Unosumai Station

鵜住居駅
Unosumai Station; 鵜住居駅
	Unosumai Station in September 2007
General information
Location	Unosumai-chō 16, Kamaishi, Iwate; （岩手県釜石市鵜住居町16）; Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Yamada Line
History
Opened	1939

Unosumai Station (鵜住居駅, Unosumai-eki) is a JR East railway station located in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. The station was washed away by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Since that time, operations have been replaced by a provisional Bus Rapid Transit line.

Lines

Unosumai Station was served by the Yamada Line, and was located 149.2 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Morioka Station.

Station layout

Unosumai Station had a single island platform connected to the station building, by an underground passage. The station was unattended.

Platforms

1	■ Yamada Line	for Rikuchū-Yamada and Miyako
2	■ Yamada Line	for Kamaishi

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Yamada Line
Ōtsuchi		-	Ryōishi

History

Unosumai Station opened on 17 September 1939. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987. The station (along with most of the surrounding area) was destroyed by the 11 March 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.