is a railway station on the
Tōhoku Main Line
The Tōhoku Main Line ( ja, 東北本線, ) is a long railway line in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The line starts from Tokyo Station in Chiyoda, Tokyo and passes through such cities as Saitama, Utsunomiya, Fuku ...
in the city of
Shiogama, Miyagi
is a city located in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 52,662, and a population density of 3,032 persons per km² in 23,270 households. The total area of the city is .
Geography
Shiogama is in north-central Miya ...
, Japan, operated by
East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
Shiogama Station is served by the
Tōhoku Main Line
The Tōhoku Main Line ( ja, 東北本線, ) is a long railway line in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The line starts from Tokyo Station in Chiyoda, Tokyo and passes through such cities as Saitama, Utsunomiya, Fuku ...
, and lies 365.2 km from the official starting point of the line at
Tokyo Station
Tokyo Station ( ja, 東京駅, ) is a railway station in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The original station is located in Chiyoda's Marunouchi business district near the Tokyo Imperial Palace, Imperial Palace grounds. The newer Eastern extension is ...
. 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 ...
also stop at Shiogama Station, which is 14.3 kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Sendai Station.
Station layout
Shiogama Station has one elevated
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 ...
serving two tracks, with the station building situated underneath. The station has a "
Midori no Madoguchi
, which stands for ''Multi Access (originally Magnetic-electronic Automatic) seat Reservation System'', is a train ticket reservation system used by the railway companies of former Japanese National Railways, currently Japan Railways Group (JR Grou ...
" staffed ticket office.
Platforms
History
Shiogama Station opened on July 9, 1956. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the
privatization
Privatization (also privatisation in British English) can mean several different things, most commonly referring to moving something from the public sector into the private sector. It is also sometimes used as a synonym for deregulation when ...
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.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 2,931 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
Surrounding area
*Shiogama City Tamagawa Elementary School
*East Shiogama Tamagawa Post Office
*Shiogama City Hospital
*
Shiogama Shrine
*
National Route 45
The following highways are numbered 45:
International
* Asian Highway 45
* European route E45
* AH45A, Asian Highway 45A
Burma
* National Road 45 (Burma)
Canada
* Alberta Highway 45
* Manitoba Highway 45
* Ontario Highway 45
* Saskatchew ...
See also
*
List of Railway Stations in Japan
The links below contain all of the 8579 railway stations in Japan.
External links
{{Portal bar, Japan, Trains
*
Railway stations
A train station, railway station, railroad station or depot is a railway facility where trains stop to ...
References
External links
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{{Senseki-Tōhoku Line
Railway stations in Miyagi Prefecture
Tōhoku Main Line
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1956
Shiogama, Miyagi
Stations of East Japan Railway Company