Onagawa Station

Onagawa Station

女川駅
Onagawa Station; 女川駅
	Reconstructed Onagawa Station in 2015
Location	Onagawahama Ohara, Onagawa-machi, Oshika-gun, Miyagi-ken 986-2261; Japan
Coordinates	38°26′47″N 141°26′42″E / 38.446345°N 141.444972°E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Ishinomaki Line
Distance	44.9 km from Kogota
Platforms	1 bay platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	October 7, 1939
Passengers
FY2018	222
Services
Location
	Onagawa Station Location within Miyagi PrefectureShow map of Miyagi PrefectureShow map of JapanShow all

Onagawa Station (女川駅, Onagawa-eki) is a railway station in the town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines[]

Onagawa Station is a terminal station on the Ishinomaki Line, located 44.9 kilometers from the opposing terminus of the line at Kogota Station.

Station layout[]

The station has one bay platform, serving a single track, connected to the station building by a footbridge.

History[]

Onagawa Station opened on October 7, 1939. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987. Operations were suspended after the tsunami on March 11, 2011 which destroyed the station building and nearby railway tracks.^[1]

Just over four years later, on March 21, 2015, the reconstructed Onagawa Station reopened marking the restoration of the entire Ishinomaki Line. The new station building features an integrated community center and public bathing facility on the upper floors. The building was designed by Pritzker Architecture Prize winning architect Shigeru Ban, who also contributed to the design of temporary housing structures in the town in the wake of the March 2011 tsunami.^[2]

Onagawa Station in 2007
The remains of the station shortly after the tsunami in March 2011

Surrounding area[]

The KiHa 40 series DMU car originally parked next to the station, seen here in 2007

Before the tsunami disaster, a former JR East KiHa 40 series diesel multiple unit car, KiHa 40 519, was parked next to the "Yupoppo" onsen facility next to the station, for use as a lounge space.^[3]

Onagawa Port
Onagawa Post Office
National Route 398

Passenger statistics[]

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 222 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[4]

References[]

^ ビル屋上に車、駅は土台だけ…女川襲った津波 (in Japanese). Yomiuri Online. March 13, 2011. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
^ "Onagawa Station Opening Ceremony". www.shigerubanarchitects.com. Shigeru Ban Architects. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
^ Nishiwaki, Kōji; Fujita, Gorō (January 2011). "キハ40系一族" [The KiHa 40 Series Family]. Japan Railfan Magazine. Vol. 51 no. 597. Japan: Kōyūsha. pp. 15–63.
^ 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[]

Media related to Onagawa Station at Wikimedia Commons

Official website (in Japanese)

[1] ビル屋上に車、駅は土台だけ…女川襲った津波 (in Japanese). Yomiuri Online. March 13, 2011. Retrieved September 10, 2011.

[2] "Onagawa Station Opening Ceremony". www.shigerubanarchitects.com. Shigeru Ban Architects. Retrieved 3 June 2015.

[railfan597-3] Nishiwaki, Kōji; Fujita, Gorō (January 2011). "キハ40系一族" [The KiHa 40 Series Family]. Japan Railfan Magazine. Vol. 51 no. 597. Japan: Kōyūsha. pp. 15–63.

[jreast2018stats-4] 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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