Rikuzen-Ōtsuka Station (陸前大塚駅, Rikuzen-Ōtsuka-eki) is a railway station on the Senseki Line in the city of Higashimatsushima, Miyagi, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The station was closed between March 2011 and May 2015.
Rikuzen-Ōtsuka Station 陸前大塚駅 | |||||||||||
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 Rikuzen-Ōtsuka Station, July 2022 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Ōtsuka, Higashimatsushima-shi, Miyagi-ken 981-0414 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°22′44″N 141°07′46″E / 38.3789°N 141.1294°E | ||||||||||
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| Distance | 30.8 km from Aoba-dōri | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | April 10, 1928 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2015 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Ōtsuka (until 1944) | ||||||||||
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Lines
editRikuzen-Ōtsuka Station is served by the Senseki Line, and is located 30.8 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Aoba-dōri Station. It is also served by trains of the Senseki-Tōhoku Line.
Station layout
editThe station has one island platform connected to the station building (an open-sided structure containing a ticket machine) by a level crossing. The station is unattended.
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ Senseki Line | for Sendai and Aoba-dōri |
| 2 | ■ Senseki Line | for Yamoto and Ishinomaki |
History
editThe station opened on April 10, 1928, as Ōtsuka Station (大塚駅) on the Miyagi Electric Railway. The line was nationalized on May 1, 1944, and the station was renamed Rikuzen-Ōtsuka 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, 2011, due to damage to the line associated with the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, and services were replaced by a provisional bus rapid transit service.[1] The station reopened on 30 May 2015.[2]
Surrounding area
edit- Miyagi Prefectural Route 27
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Sendai Branch, East Japan Railway Company (September 1, 2011). 地震等による列車影響と運転見込みについて (in Japanese). Archived from the original on September 2, 2011. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
- ^ Sendai Branch, East Japan Railway Company. 2015.5.30(土)ダイヤ改正 仙石東北ライン開業 仙石線全線復旧 (in Japanese). Retrieved July 12, 2015.
External links
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Media related to Rikuzen-Ōtsuka Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)