Hamayoshida Station

Hamayoshida Station
浜吉田駅
Hamayoshida Station in August 2014
Location Yoshida, Watari-machi, Watari-gun, Miyagi-ken 989-2331
Japan
Coordinates 38°00′08″N 140°53′24″E / 38.0023°N 140.8899°E / 38.0023; 140.8899Coordinates: 38°00′08″N 140°53′24″E / 38.0023°N 140.8899°E / 38.0023; 140.8899
Operated by JR East
Line(s) ■ Jōban Line
Distance 329.6 km from Nippori
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Other information
Status Staffed
Website Official website
History
Opened November 10, 1897
Previous names Yoshida (until 1915)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2016) 698 daily
Location
Hamayoshida Station
Location within Japan

Hamayoshida Station (浜吉田駅, Hamayoshida-eki) is a railway station on the Jōban Line in the town of Watari, Miyagi, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Hamayoshida Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 329.6 kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Nippori in Tokyo.

Station layout

Hamayoshida Station has two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Joban Line
Yamashita Local Watari

History

The station opened on November 10, 1897 as Yoshida Station (吉田駅). It was renamed Hamayoshida on June 1, 1915. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. Following severe damage in the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami operation on the Joban Line between Hamayoshida Station and Soma Station were suspended[1] until December 10, 2016.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 698 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

Surrounding area

  • Hamayoshida Post Office

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2012-09-28.
  2. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2016年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2016)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
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