Yamoto Station

Yamoto Station 矢本駅
Yamoto Station, September 2012
Location	Yamoto, Higashimatsushima, Miyagi （宮城県東松島市矢本） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Senseki Line
History
Opened	1928
Traffic
Passengers (FY 2012)	777 daily

Yamoto Station (矢本駅 Yamoto-eki) is a railway station in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Yamoto Station is served by the Senseki Line. It is located 40.2 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Senseki Line at Aoba-dōri Station.

Station layout

Yamoto Station has one island platform connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station has a Green Window ticket counter.

Platforms

1	■ Senseki Line	(temporary suspension)
2	■ Senseki Line	for Rikuzen-Ono for Ishinomaki

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Senseki Line
Kazuma		Local		Higashi-Yamoto

History

Yamoto Station opened on November 22, 1928 as a station on the Miyagi Electric Railway. The Miyagi Electric Railway was nationalized on May 1, 1944. 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, 2011 due to damage to the line associated with the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, and services were replaced by provisional bus services. ^[1] Services reopened on July 16, 2011 to Ishinomaki and on March 17, 2012 to Rikuzen-Ono; services past Rikuzen-Ono the direction of Sendai were resumed on May 30, 2015.^[2]

Surrounding area

• Japan National Route 45
• former Yamoto Town Hall
• Yamoto Post Office

References

1. Sendai Branch, East Japan Railway Company (September 1, 2011). 地震等による列車影響と運転見込みについて (in Japanese). Retrieved September 10, 2011.
2. Sendai Branch, East Japan Railway Company. 2015.5.30(土)ダイヤ改正 仙石東北ライン開業 仙石線全線復旧 (in Japanese). Retrieved July 12, 2015.

External links

• JR East Station information (Japanese)

Coordinates: 38°25′16″N 141°12′36″E / 38.4210°N 141.2099°E