is a
railway station
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in the town of
Shinchi,
Fukushima Prefecture
Fukushima Prefecture (; ja, 福島県, Fukushima-ken, ) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. Fukushima Prefecture has a population of 1,810,286 () and has a geographic area of . Fukushima Prefecture borders Miya ...
, Japan, operated by
East Japan Railway Company
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(JR East). Operation of the station was suspended due to severe damage to the railway and station facilities caused by the
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in March 2011.
The station reopened at a new location in December 2016.
Lines
Shinchi Station is served by the
Jōban Line
The Jōban Line ( ja, 常磐線, ) is a railway line in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The line officially begins at Nippori Station in Arakawa, Tokyo before the line officially ends at Iwanuma Station in Iwanuma, ...
and is 315.8 kilometers from the starting point of the line at in Tokyo. The station is attended.
Station layout
Prior to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, Shinchi Station previously had a single
island platform
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and a single
side platform
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connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station was rebuilt with two opposed side platforms.
Platforms
History
Shinchi Station opened on November 10, 1897. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the
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.
The station was totally destroyed by the
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on 11 March 2011. It reopened at a new location further inland on 10 December 2016.
File:Shinchista.JPG, The station building in January 2008
File:Shinchi Sta 20110404.jpg, The remains of Shinchi Station, including an E721 series train, after the tsunami in 2011
Passenger statistics
In 2018, the station was used by an average of 281 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
Surrounding area
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*Shinchi town hall
*Shinchi post office
*Tsurushi fishing port
See also
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List of railway stations in Japan
The links below contain all of the 8579 railway stations in Japan.
External links
{{Portal bar, Japan, Trains
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Railway stations
Japan
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References
External links
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Stations of East Japan Railway Company
Railway stations in Fukushima Prefecture
Jōban Line
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1897
Shinchi, Fukushima
Buildings and structures destroyed by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
Railway stations closed in 2011
Railway stations in Japan opened in 2016
Relocated buildings and structures in Japan