Maeyachi Station
Maeyachi Station 前谷地駅 | |
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 Maeyachi Station in February 2007 | |
| Location |
Maeyachi, Ishinomaki-shi, Miyagi-ken 987-1101 Japan |
| Coordinates | 38°30′43″N 141°11′40″E / 38.512054°N 141.194444°E |
| Operated by |
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| Line(s) | |
| Distance | 12.8 km from Kogota |
| Platforms | 1 side + 1 island |
| Tracks | 3 |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | At grade |
| Other information | |
| Status | Staffed |
| Website | Official website |
| History | |
| Opened | October 28, 1912 |
| Traffic | |
| Passengers (FY2016) | 162 daily |
| Location | |
  Maeyachi Station Location within Japan | |
Maeyachi Station (前谷地駅 Maeyachi-eki) is a railway station in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
Maeyachi Station is served by both the Kesennuma Line and the Ishinomaki Line. It is the southern terminus of the Kesennuma Line and is located 12.8 kilometers from the terminus of the Ishinomaki Line at Kogota Station. Since the March 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, services beyond Yanaizu have been replaced by a provisional Bus Rapid Transit line, which also operates starting from this station.
Station layout
Maeyachi Station has one side platform and one island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.
Platforms
| 1 | ■ Ishinomaki Line | for Kogota and Sendai |
| 2 | ■ Ishinomaki Line | for Ishinomaki and Onagawa |
| ■ Kesennuma Line | for Yanaizu | |
| 3 | ■ Ishinomaki Line | for Kogota for Ishinomaki |
| ■ Kesennuma Line | for Yanaizu |
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kesennuma Line | ||||
| Terminus | Local | Wabuchi | ||
| Ishinomaki Line | ||||
| Wakuya | Local | Kakeyama | ||
History
Maeyachi Station opened on October 28, 1912. The Yanaizu Line began operations from December 24, 1968 and was extended to Motoyoshi Station to become the Kesennuma Line in 1977, The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. A train was derailed near the station on July 26, 2003 due to a magnitude 6.2 earthquake.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 162 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Surrounding area
- Former Kanan Town Hall
- Kanan Post Office
- National Route 108
See also
References
- ↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2016年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2016)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Maeyachi Station. |
- Official website (in Japanese)
- "JR気仙沼線 【前面展望 ９】 陸前豊里⇒前谷地" (video). YouTube.com. Retrieved 2011-04-26. video of a train trip from Rikuzen-Toyosato Station to Maeyachi Station in 2009, passing Nonodake Station at around 03:35 minutes and Wabuchi Station at around 05:48 minutes, without stopping.