Rikuzen-Tomiyama Station

Rikuzen-Tomiyama Station

陸前富山駅
Rikuzen-Tomiyama Station; 陸前富山駅
	Rikuzen-Tomiyama Station in May 2015
General information
Location	Tetaru Hayakawa-Higashi, Matsushima-cho, Miyagi-gun, Miyagi-ken 981-0211; Japan
Coordinates	38°23′11″N 141°06′26″E / 38.3865°N 141.1073°E / 38.3865; 141.1073
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Senseki Line
Distance	28.6 km from Aoba-dōri
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	April 10, 1928
Rebuilt	2015
Previous names	Tomiyama (until 1944)
Services
Location
	Rikuzen-Tomiyama Station Location within Miyagi Prefecture Rikuzen-Tomiyama Station Rikuzen-Tomiyama Station (Japan)

Rikuzen-Tomiyama Station (陸前富山駅, Rikuzen-Tomiyama-eki) is a railway station in the town of Matsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Rikuzen-Tomiyama Station is served by the Senseki Line, and is located 28.6 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.^{[citation needed]}

History

The station opened on April 10, 1928, as Tomiyama Station (富山駅) on the Miyagi Electric Railway.^[1] The line was nationalized on May 1, 1944 and the station was renamed Rikuzen-Tomiyama at that time.^[1] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987.^[1]

The station was closed from March 11, 2011 due to damage to the line associated with the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, and services replaced by a provisional bus rapid transit service.^[2] The station was reopened on 30 May 2015.^[3]

The station in December 2012, while services were suspended

Surrounding area

Tomiyama Kannon

References

^ a b c Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 478. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ Sendai Branch, East Japan Railway Company (September 1, 2011). 地震等による列車影響と運転見込みについて (in Japanese). Archived from the original on September 2, 2011. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
^ Sendai Branch, East Japan Railway Company. 2015.5.30(土)ダイヤ改正仙石東北ライン開業仙石線全線復旧 (in Japanese). Retrieved July 12, 2015.

External links

Media related to Rikuzen-Tomiyama Station at Wikimedia Commons

Official website (in Japanese)

[teishajo1998-1] Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 478. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

[2] Sendai Branch, East Japan Railway Company (September 1, 2011). 地震等による列車影響と運転見込みについて (in Japanese). Archived from the original on September 2, 2011. Retrieved September 10, 2011.

[3] Sendai Branch, East Japan Railway Company. 2015.5.30(土)ダイヤ改正仙石東北ライン開業仙石線全線復旧 (in Japanese). Retrieved July 12, 2015.