Matsushima-Kaigan Station

Matsushima-Kaigan Station
松島海岸駅
Matsushima-Kaigan Station, October 2008
Location Matsushima, Matsushima-cho, Miyagi-gun, Miyagi-ken 981-0213
Japan
Coordinates 38°22′5.31″N 141°3′31.64″E / 38.3681417°N 141.0587889°E / 38.3681417; 141.0587889Coordinates: 38°22′5.31″N 141°3′31.64″E / 38.3681417°N 141.0587889°E / 38.3681417; 141.0587889
Distance 23.2 km from Aoba-dōri
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Other information
Status Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi )
Website Official website
History
Opened April 18, 1927
Previous names Matsushima-Kōen (until 1944)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2016) 1017
Location
Matsushima-Kaigan Station
Location within Japan

Matsushima-Kaigan Station (松島海岸駅, Matsushima-Kaigan-eki) is a railway station in the town of Matsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Matsushima-Kaigan Station is served by the Senseki Line. It is located 23.2 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Senseki Line at Aoba-dōri Station.

Station layout

Matsushima-Kaigan Station has one elevated island platform with the station building underneath. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1 ■ Senseki Line for Sendai and Aoba-dōri
2 ■ Senseki Line for Yamoto and Ishinomaki

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Senseki Line
Rikuzen-Hamada   Local   Takagimachi

History

The eki stamp for Matsushima-Kaigan Station depicts the city's famous pine-clad islands, one of the Three Views of Japan

Matsushima-Kaigan Station opened on April 18, 1927 as Matsushima Kōen Station (松島公園駅) on the Miyagi Electric Railway. The line was nationalized on May 1, 1944 and the station was renamed to its present name at that time. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987. The station was closed from March 11 to May 28, 2011 due to damage associated with the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 1,017 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. ↑ 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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