Onagawa Station

Onagawa Station
女川駅
Onagawa Station after the tsunami in 2011
Location
Prefecture Miyagi
(See other stations in Miyagi)
District Oshika
Town Onagawa
History
Year opened 1939
Rail services
Operator(s) JR East
Line(s) Ishinomaki Line
Statistics 314 passengers/day [1]

Onagawa Station (女川駅 Onagawa eki?) is a JR East railway station located in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.

Contents

Lines

The station is served by the Ishinomaki Line. The operation of the line and the station has been suspended since the tsunami on March 11, 2011 that destructed the railway track and the facilities of Onagawa Station.[2]

Surrounding area

Before the tsunami disaster, a former JR East KiHa 40 series diesel multiple unit car, KiHa 40 519, was parked next to the "Yupoppo" onsen facility next to the station, for use as a lounge space.[3]

History

References

  1. ^ JR East statistics (2010). Number of boarding passengers.
  2. ^ "ビル屋上に車、駅は土台だけ…女川襲った津波" (in Japanese). Yomiuri Online. March 13, 2011. http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/news/20110313-OYT1T00561.htm. Retrieved September 10, 2011. 
  3. ^ Nishiwaki, Kōji; Fujita, Gorō (January 2011). "キハ40系一族 [The KiHa 40 Series Family]". Japan Railfan Magazine (Japan: Kōyūsha) 51 (597): p.15–63. 

External links

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Onagawa_Station Onagawa Station] at Wikimedia Commons
Stations of the Ishinomaki Line