Rikuzen-Tomiyama Station

Rikuzen-Tomiyama Station (陸前富山駅, Rikuzen-Tomiyama-eki) is a railway station in the town of Matsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Rikuzen-Tomiyama Station 陸前富山駅
Rikuzen-Tomiyama Station in May 2015
General information
Location	Tetaru Hayakawa-Higashi, Matsushima-cho, Miyagi-gun, Miyagi-ken 981-0211 Japan
Coordinates	38.3865°N 141.1073°E / 38.3865; 141.1073
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Senseki Line
Distance	28.6 km from Aoba-dōri
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	April 10, 1928
Rebuilt	2015
Previous names	Tomiyama (until 1944)
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Tetaru towards Aoba-dori Senseki Line Rikuzen-Ōtsuka towards Ishinomaki
Location Rikuzen-Tomiyama Station Location within Miyagi Prefecture Show map of Miyagi Prefecture Rikuzen-Tomiyama Station Rikuzen-Tomiyama Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Rikuzen-Tomiyama Station is served by the Senseki Line, and is located 28.6 kilometers from the terminus of the Senseki Line at Aoba-dōri Station.

Station layout

The station has one side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended.^{[citation needed]}

History

The station opened on April 10, 1928, as Tomiyama Station (富山駅) on the Miyagi Electric Railway.^[1] The line was nationalized on May 1, 1944 and the station was renamed Rikuzen-Tomiyama at that time.^[1] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987.^[1]

The station was closed from March 11, 2011 due to damage to the line associated with the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, and services replaced by a provisional bus rapid transit service.^[2] The station was reopened on 30 May 2015.^[3]

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  The station in December 2012, while services were suspended

Surrounding area

• Tomiyama Kannon

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan