Matsushima-Kaigan Station

Matsushima-Kaigan Station

松島海岸駅
Matsushima-Kaigan Station; 松島海岸駅
	Matsushima-Kaigan Station, October 2008
Location	Matsushima, Matsushima-cho, Miyagi-gun, Miyagi-ken 981-0213; Japan
Coordinates	38°22′5.31″N 141°3′31.64″E / 38.3681417°N 141.0587889°ECoordinates: 38°22′5.31″N 141°3′31.64″E / 38.3681417°N 141.0587889°E
Distance	23.2 km from Aoba-dōri
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi )
Website	Official website
History
Opened	April 18, 1927
Previous names	Matsushima-Kōen (until 1944)
Passengers
FY2018	1054
Services
Location
	Matsushima-Kaigan Station Location within Miyagi PrefectureShow map of Miyagi PrefectureShow map of JapanShow all

Matsushima-Kaigan Station (松島海岸駅, Matsushima-Kaigan-eki) is a railway station in the town of Matsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines[]

Matsushima-Kaigan Station is served by the Senseki Line. It is located 23.2 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Senseki Line at Aoba-dōri Station.

Station layout[]

The station has one elevated island platform with the station building underneath. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms[]

1	■ Senseki Line	for Sendai and Aoba-dōri
2	■ Senseki Line	for Yamoto and Ishinomaki

History[]

Matsushima-Kaigan Station opened on April 18, 1927 as Matsushima Kōen Station (松島公園駅) on the Miyagi Electric Railway. The line was nationalized on May 1, 1944 and the station was renamed to its present name at that time. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987. The station was closed from March 11 to May 28, 2011 due to damage associated with the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.

Passenger statistics[]

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 1,164 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

Surrounding area[]

References[]

^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2020.

External links[]

Official website (in Japanese)

[jreast2018stats-1] 各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2020.

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