is a

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in the city of

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, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Yamoto Station is served by the

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. It is located 40.2 rail kilometers from the terminus 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 c ...

. It is also served by trains of the

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Station layout

The station has one

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connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station has a ''

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'' staffed ticket office.

Platforms

History

Yamoto Station opened on November 22, 1928 as a station on the Miyagi Electric Railway. The Miyagi Electric Railway was nationalized on May 1, 1944. 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 mi ...

, and services were replaced by provisional bus services. Services reopened on July 16, 2011 to and on March 17, 2012 to ; services past Rikuzen-Ono the direction of Sendai were resumed on May 30, 2015.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 1,216 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

* *former Yamoto Town Hall *Yamoto 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