Rikuzen-Yamashita_Station
Rikuzen-Yamashita Station
Railway station in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Rikuzen-Yamashita Station (陸前山下駅, Rikuzen-Yamashita-eki) is a railway station in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[1]
Rikuzen-Yamashita Station 陸前山下駅 | |||||||||||||||||||
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 Rikuzen-Yamashita Station in April 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||
| Location | 6-42 Kichō, Ishinomaki-shi, Miyagi-ken 986-0877 Japan | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38.4377°N 141.2887°E / 38.4377; 141.2887 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | ||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Senseki Line | ||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 47.6 km from Aoba-dōri | ||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | February 1, 1939 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Miyaden-Yamashita Station (until 1944) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||||||||
| FY2018 | 944 daily | ||||||||||||||||||
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Rikuzen-Yamashita Station is served by the Senseki Line (including the Senseki-Tōhoku Line). It is 47.6 km from the terminus of the line at Aoba-dōri.
The station has one island platform connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station is staffed.
Platforms
| 1 | ■ Senseki Line | for Matsushima-Kaigan and Sendai |
| ■ Senseki-Tōhoku Line | for Sendai | |
| 2 | ■ Senseki Line | for Ishinomaki |
| ■ Senseki-Tōhoku Line | for Sendai |
The station opened on February 1, 1939 as Miyaden-Yamashita Station (宮電山下駅).[1] It was renamed Rikuzen-Yamashita Station on May 1, 1944.
The station building was destroyed in the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on 11 March 2011. A new station building was opened on 3 March 2012.[2]
In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 944 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]
National Route 45
National Route 108- Ishinomaki Police Station
- Ishinomaki Technical High School[4]
- Ishinomaki Kobunkan High School
- Ishinomaki Yamashita Junior High School
- 各駅情報（陸前山下駅） [Station Information (Rikuzen-Yamashita Station)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
- 仙石線「陸前山下駅」新駅舎使用開始について [Opening of new station building at Rikuzen-Yamashita Station] (PDF) (in Japanese). Sendai, Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 28 February 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-20. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
- 各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
- Ishinomaki Technical High School (in Japanese)
