is a

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on the

Senseki Line The is a railway line in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, owned and operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It connects Aoba-dōri Station in Sendai to Ishinomaki Station in Ishinomaki, and provides access to the central coast areas of M ...

in the city of

Higashimatsushima is a city located in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 39,580 in 16102 households, and a population density of 390 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Higashi-Matsushima (lit. "East Matsus ...

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 the

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(JR East).

Lines

Nobiru Station is served by the

, and is located 33.4 kilometers from the starting point of the Senseki Line at

Aoba-dōri Station is a JR East railway station located in Aoba-ku in Sendai, Miyagi. There is a direct transfer gate between the platform of this station to the platform of the Sendai Subway Namboku Line in Sendai Station. The Sendai Subway Tōzai Line is conn ...

. It is also served by trains of the

Senseki-Tōhoku Line The is a railway line in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, opened by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) on 30 May 2015. It connects Sendai Station in Sendai with Ishinomaki Station in Ishinomaki, using existing Tōhoku Main Line tracks between ...

Station layout

The station has one

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connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station is staffed.

Platforms

History

Nobiru Station opened on April 10, 1928 as a station on the Miyagi Electric Railway. On October 23, 1931, it was renamed . The Miyagi Electric Railway was nationalized on May 1, 1944, and the station name reverted to its present name. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the

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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 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 ...

, and services were replaced by provisional bus services. The station reopened on May 30, 2015, on a higher ground where the former community around the station would be reconstructed. Due to the relocation, the distance from Aoba-Dōri was changed from 34.0 kilometers to 33.4 kilometers.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 197 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). File:Nobiru Station 20090726.jpg, Nobiru Station in July 2009 File:Nobiru Station Platform Ruins 20160104.jpg, The abandoned platforms of the former station in January 2016

Surrounding area

* Nobiru Post Office

References

External links

* {{Senseki-Tōhoku Line Railway stations in Miyagi Prefecture Senseki Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1928 Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Stations of East Japan Railway Company Buildings damaged by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami