Hon-Shiogama Station

Hon-Shiogama
本塩釜

Hon-Shiogama Station, August 2007
Location Kaigan-dori, Shiogama, Miyagi
(宮城県塩竈市海岸通15-1)
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Senseki Line
History
Opened 1926
Traffic
Passengers (FY 2012) 2,736 daily

Hon-Shiogama Station (本塩釜駅, Hon-Shiogama-eki) is a railway station in Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Hon-Shiogama Station is served by the Senseki Line. It is located 16.0 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Senseki Line at Aoba-dōri Station.

Station layout

Hon-Shiogama Station has two elevated opposed side platforms with the station building located underneath. The station has a Green Window ticket counter.

Platforms

1  Senseki Line for Matsushima-Kaigan and Takagimachi
2  Senseki Line for Sendai and Aoba-dōri

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Senseki Line
Nishi-Shiogama   Local   Higashi-Shiogama

History

Hon-Shiogama Station opened on April 14, 1926 as a station on the Miyagi Electric Railway. The line was nationalized on May 1, 1944. On November 1, 1981 the station was relocated to its present location and rebuilt as an elevated station. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987.

Surrounding area

Coordinates: 38°19′03″N 141°01′21″E / 38.3176°N 141.0224°E / 38.3176; 141.0224

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