Sawada Station

Sawada Station
沢田駅
Sawada Station, Debruary 2007
Location
Prefecture Miyagi
(See other stations in Miyagi)
City Ishinomaki
Neighborhood etc. Sawada 1714
Postal code986-2102
(in Japanese)宮城県石巻市沢田字沢田1714
History
Year opened 1939
Rail services
Operator(s) JR East
Line(s) Ishinomaki Line

Sawada Station (沢田駅 Sawada eki) is a railway station in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Sawada Station is served by the Ishinomaki Line, and is located 37.0 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kogota Station.

Station layout

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

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Ishinomaki Line
Mangokuura   Local   Urashuku

History

Sawada Station opened on October 7, 1939. 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 March 21, 2015.

Surrounding area

External links

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Coordinates: 38°25′56″N 141°22′56″E / 38.432352°N 141.382361°E