is a
railway station in the town of
Rifu
is a town located in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 36,014, and a population density of 800 persons per km2 in 13,568 households. The total area of the town is . Rifu is known for its nashi pears. Recently, ...
,
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
Rikuzen-Hamada Station is served by the
Senseki Line. It is located 20.3 rail 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.
History
Rikuzen-Hamada Station opened on April 18, 1927 as a on the Miyagi Electric Railway. The line was nationalized on May 1, 1944 and was renamed to its present name on that date. 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 to May 28, 2011 due to damage caused by the
tsunami associated with the
2011 Tōhoku earthquake
Eleven or 11 may refer to:
*11 (number), the natural number following 10 and preceding 12
* one of the years 11 BC, AD 11, 1911, 2011, or any year ending in 11
Literature
* ''Eleven'' (novel), a 2006 novel by British author David Llewellyn
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Surrounding area
*
*Hamada Fishing Port
*Mt. Sokan
*The
Tōhoku Main Line track runs parallel here, but the nearest station is in Matsushima.
See also
*
List of Railway Stations in Japan
External links
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{{Senseki Line
Railway stations in Miyagi Prefecture
Senseki Line
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1927
Rifu, Miyagi
Stations of East Japan Railway Company