Yanaizu Station (Miyagi)

Yanaizu 柳津
Yanaizu Station in September 2012
Location	Tsuyama-cho Yanaizu-aze Tanigi 196, Tome, Miyagi （宮城県登米市津山町柳津字谷木196） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Kesennuma Line
History
Opened	1968

Yanaizu Station (柳津駅, Yanaizu-eki) is a JR East railway station located in Tome, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Since the 2011 tsunami, the station has become the de facto terminal station of the Kesennuma Line, with services beyond the station replaced by a provisional Bus Rapid Transit line.

Lines

Yanaizu Station is served by the Kesennuma Line, and is located 17.6 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Maeyachi Station.

Station layout

Yanaizu Station has a single island platform connected to the station building by an overhead passage.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

Yanaizu Station opened on 24 October 1968. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. Since the 2011 tsunami, the station has become the de facto terminal station of the Kesennuma Line, with services beyond the station replaced by a provisional Bus Rapid Transit line.

Surrounding area

• Japan National Route 45
• Japan National Route 342
• Yanaizu Post Office

External links

Media related to Yanaizu Station (Miyagi) at Wikimedia Commons

• JR East Station information (Japanese)
• "JR気仙沼線 【前面展望 ７】 陸前横山⇒柳津" (video). YouTube.com. Retrieved 2011-04-26.  video of a train trip from Rikuzen-Yokoyama Station to Yanaizu Station in 2009.
• "JR気仙沼線 【前面展望 ８】 柳津⇒陸前豊里" (video). YouTube.com. Retrieved 2011-04-26.  video of a train trip from Yanaizu Station to Rikuzen-Toyosato Station in 2009, passing Mitakedō Station at around 03:35 minutes without stopping.

Coordinates: 38°36′42.34″N 141°18′20.66″E / 38.6117611°N 141.3057389°E / 38.6117611; 141.3057389