Operated by JR East Address Japan Tracks 3 | Passengers (FY2012) 2,469 daily Opened 18 April 1927 | |
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Location 3 Fujikura, Shiogama-shi, Miyagi-kenJapan Similar Hon‑Shiogama Station, Nishi‑Shiogama Station, Rikuzen‑Hamada Station, Geba Station, Takagimachi Station | ||
Higashi-Shiogama Station (東塩釜駅, Higashi-Shiogama-eki, lit. "East Shiogama Station") is a railway station on the Senseki Line in Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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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.
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.