Yoshihama Station (Iwate)

Yoshihama Station

吉浜駅
Yoshihama Station; 吉浜駅
	Yoshihama Station in June 2013
General information
Location	Sanriku-cho Yoshihama, Ōfunato, Iwate; （岩手県大船渡市三陸町吉浜）; Japan
Operated by	Sanriku Railway Company
Line(s)	Minami-Rias Line
History
Opened	1973

Yoshihama Station (吉浜駅, Yoshihama-eki) was a railway station on the Sanriku Railway Company’s Minami-Rias Line located in the city of Ōfunato, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. It is 21.6 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Sakari Station.

Station layout

Yoshihama Station has a single side platform serving traffic in both directions. The station is unattended.

History

Yoshihama Station opened on 1 July 1973 as a station on the Japan National Railway (JNR). It was privatized on 1 April 1984, becoming a station on the Sanriku Railway. During the 11 March 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, part of the tracks on the Minami-Rias Line were swept away, thus suspending services. The line resumed operations on 3 April 2013 between Sakari and Yoshihama. Services between Yoshihama and Kamaishi resumed on 5 April 2014.