Maeyachi Station
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Maeyachi Station 前谷地駅 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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 Maeyachi Station in July 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 12.8 km from Kogota | |||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side + 1 island | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | |||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | October 28, 1912 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| FY2018 | 161 daily | |||||||||||||||||||
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Maeyachi Station (前谷地駅, Maeyachi-eki) is a junction railway station located in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
[edit]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 Since the March 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, services beyond Yanaizu have been replaced by a provisional bus rapid transit line, which also operates starting from this station.[1]
Station layout
[edit]The station has one side platform and one island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.
Platforms
[edit]| 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 |
History
[edit]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.[citation needed] 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 at the station on July 26, 2003 due to a magnitude 6.2 earthquake.[2]
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 161 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]
Surrounding area
[edit]- Former Kanan Town Hall
- Kanan Post Office
National Route 108
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 気仙沼線における暫定的なサービス提供開始について [Start of Provisional Service on the Kesennuma Line] (PDF) (in Japanese). JR East. 18 July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-23.
- ^ "鉄道事故調査報告書 RA2004-4" [Railway Accident Investigation Report RA2004-4] (PDF) (in Japanese). Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Retrieved 2017-12-11.
- ^ 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
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Media related to Maeyachi Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)
- "JR気仙沼線 【前面展望 ９】 陸前豊里⇒前谷地" (video). YouTube.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-13. 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.