Higashi-Shiogama Station

Higashi-Shiogama Station

東塩釜駅
Higashi-Shiogama Station; 東塩釜駅
	Higashi-Shiogama Station in August 2011
Location	3 Fujikura, Shiogama-shi, Miyagi-ken 985-0004; Japan
Coordinates	38°19′32″N 141°01′54″E / 38.3255°N 141.0316°ECoordinates: 38°19′32″N 141°01′54″E / 38.3255°N 141.0316°E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Senseki Line
Distance	17.2 km from Aoba-dōri
Platforms	1 side platform + 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	18 April 1927
Passengers
FY2016	2,485 daily
Services
Location
	Higashi-Shiogama Station Location within Japan

Higashi-Shiogama Station (東塩釜駅, Higashi-Shiogama-eki) is a railway station on the Senseki Line in the city of Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines[]

Higashi-Shiogama Station is served by the Senseki Line, and is located 17.2 kilometers from the terminus of the Senseki Line at Aoba-dōri Station.

Station layout[]

Higashi-Shiogama Station has one elevated side platform and one elevated island platform with the station building underneath.

Platforms[]

1	■ Senseki Line	for Sendai and Aoba-dōri
2	■ Senseki Line	for bi-directional traffic
3	■ Senseki Line	for Matsushima-Kaigan and Takagimachi

The platforms in August 2014

History[]

Higashi-Shiogama Station opened on April 18, 1927 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. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.

Passenger statistics[]

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 2,458 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

Surrounding area[]

Shiogama Port
National Route 45
Uminomachi Fine Arts Museum

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 December 2016.

External links[]

Official website (in Japanese)

[jreast2016stats-1] 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 December 2016.

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