is a junction

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located in the city of

Ishinomaki is a city located in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. , the city has an estimated population of 138,538, and a population density of 250 persons per km2 in 61,919 households. The total area of the city is . Geography Ishinomaki is in northeastern Miya ...

Miyagi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. Miyagi Prefecture has a population of 2,305,596 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Miyagi Prefecture borders Iwate Prefecture to the north, Akita Prefecture to the nort ...

, Japan, operated by

East Japan Railway Company The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are ...

(JR East).

Lines

Maeyachi Station is served by both the

Kesennuma Line The is a local railway line in Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It connected Maeyachi Station in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi to Kesennuma Station in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi. The route links the north-eastern ...

and the

Ishinomaki Line The is a railway line in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It connects Kogota Station in Misato with Onagawa Station in Onagawa, acting as a spur line from the Tōhoku Main Line to the central coast o ...

. It is the southern terminus of the Kesennuma Line and is located 12.8 kilometers from the terminus of the Ishinomaki Line at

Kogota Station is a junction railway station in the town of Misato, Miyagi, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Lines Kogota Station is served by three lines: the Tōhoku Main Line, the Ishinomaki Line, and the Rikuu East Line. It is locat ...

. Since the March

2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami The occurred at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) on 11 March. The magnitude 9.0–9.1 (M) undersea megathrust earthquake had an epicenter in the Pacific Ocean, east of the Oshika Peninsula of the Tōhoku region, and lasted approximately six minutes ...

, services beyond have been replaced by a provisional

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line, which also operates starting from this station.

Station layout

The station has one

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and one

island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...

connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

Platforms

History

Maeyachi Station opened on October 28, 1912. The Yanaizu Line began operations from December 24, 1968 and was extended to Motoyoshi Station to become the Kesennuma Line in 1977. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of

Japanese National Railways The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pref ...

(JNR) on April 1, 1987. A train was derailed at the station on July 26, 2003 due to a magnitude 6.2 earthquake.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 161 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

*Former Kanan Town Hall *Kanan Post Office *

References

External links

* * video of a train trip from

Rikuzen-Toyosato Station is a railway station located in the city of Tome, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Lines Rikuzen-Toyosato Station is served by the Kesennuma Line, and is located 10.3 rail kilometers from the ter ...

to Maeyachi Station in 2009, passing

Nonodake Station is a railway station located in the town of Wakuya, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Lines Nonodake Station is served by the Kesennuma Line, and is located 6.2 rail kilometers from the terminus of ...

at around 03:35 minutes and

Wabuchi Station is a railway station in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Lines Wabuchi Station is served by the Kesennuma Line, and is located 3.2 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Ma ...

at around 05:48 minutes, without stopping. {{Ishinomaki Line Railway stations in Miyagi Prefecture Ishinomaki Line Kesennuma Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1912 Ishinomaki