Urashuku Station

Urashuku Station
浦宿駅
Urashuku Station in April 2013
Location Urashukuhama Urashuku, Onagawa-machi, Oshika-gun, Miyagi-ken 986-2231
Japan
Coordinates 38°26′11″N 141°25′17″E / 38.436518°N 141.421444°E / 38.436518; 141.421444
Operated by JR East
Line(s) ■ Ishinomaki Line
Distance 37.0 km from Kogota
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Construction
Structure type At grade
Other information
Status Unstaffed
Website Official website
History
Opened February 12, 1956
Location
Urashuku Station
Location within Japan

Urashuku Station (浦宿駅, Urashuku-eki) is a railway station on the Ishinomaki Line in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Urashuku Station is served by the Ishinomaki Line, and is located 37.0 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kogota Station. From the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011 until March 21, 2015, services past Urashuku were suspended, making Urashuku Station the effective terminus of the line.

Station layout

Urashuku Station has one side platform, serving traffic in both directions. The station is unattended.

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Ishinomaki Line
Sawada   Local   Onagawa

History

Urashuku Station opened on February 12, 1956. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987. Operations of the line and the station were suspended by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011. Services were resumed on March 16, 2013; but remained suspended on the portion from Urashuku to Onagawa until services resumed on March 21, 2015.

Surrounding area

See also

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