Maeyachi Station

Maeyachi Station
前谷地駅
Maeyachi Station in February 2007
Location Maeyachi, Ishinomaki-shi, Miyagi-ken 987-1101
Japan
Coordinates 38°30′43″N 141°11′40″E / 38.512054°N 141.194444°E / 38.512054; 141.194444
Operated by JR East
Line(s)
Distance 12.8 km from Kogota
Platforms 1 side + 1 island
Tracks 3
Construction
Structure type At grade
Other information
Status Staffed
Website Official website
History
Opened October 28, 1912
Traffic
Passengers (FY2016) 162 daily
Location
Maeyachi Station
Location within Japan

Maeyachi Station (前谷地駅, Maeyachi-eki) is a railway station in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Maeyachi Station is served by both the Kesennuma Line and the Ishinomaki Line. It is the southern terminus of the Kesennuma Line and is located 12.8 kilometers from the terminus of the Ishinomaki Line at Kogota Station. Since the March 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, services beyond Yanaizu have been replaced by a provisional Bus Rapid Transit line, which also operates starting from this station.[1]

Station layout

Maeyachi Station has one side platform and one island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

Platforms

1 ■ Ishinomaki Line for Kogota and Sendai
2 ■ Ishinomaki Line for Ishinomaki and Onagawa
■ Kesennuma Line for Yanaizu
3 ■ Ishinomaki Line for Kogota
for Ishinomaki
■ Kesennuma Line for Yanaizu

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Kesennuma Line
Terminus   Local   Wabuchi
Ishinomaki Line
Wakuya   Local   Kakeyama

History

Maeyachi Station opened on October 28, 1912. The Yanaizu Line began operations from December 24, 1968 and was extended to Motoyoshi Station to become the Kesennuma Line in 1977. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. A train was derailed at the station on July 26, 2003 due to a magnitude 6.2 earthquake.[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 162 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. ↑ "気仙沼線における暫定的なサービス提供開始について" [Start of Provisional Service on the Kesennuma Line] (PDF) (in Japanese). JR East. 18 July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-23.
  2. ↑ "鉄道事故調査報告書 RA2004-4" [Railway Accident Investigation Report RA2004-4] (PDF) (in Japanese). Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Retrieved 2017-12-11.
  3. ↑ 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 July 2017.
  • Official website (in Japanese)
  • "JR気仙沼線 【前面展望 ９】 陸前豊里⇒前谷地" (video). YouTube.com. Retrieved 2011-04-26. video of a train trip from Rikuzen-Toyosato Station to Maeyachi Station in 2009, passing Nonodake Station at around 03:35 minutes and Wabuchi Station at around 05:48 minutes, without stopping.
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