Operated by JR East Opened 1987 | Line(s) Senseki Line | |
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Location Yamoto Shimoura 184, Higashimatsushima, Miyagi
（宮城県東松島市矢本字下浦184）
Japan | ||
Higashi-Yamoto Station (東矢本駅, Higashi-Yamoto-eki) is a railway station in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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Lines
Higashi-Yamoto Station is served by the Senseki Line. It is located 41.6 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Senseki Line at Aoba-dōri Station.
Station layout
Higashi-Yamoto Station has one side platform serving traffic in both directions. The station is unattended.
History
Higashi-Yamoto Station opened on March 31, 1987, the day before the JNR was privatized, becoming JR East.
The station was closed from March 11, 2011 due to damage to the line associated with the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, and services were replaced by provisional bus services. Services reopened on July 16, 2011 to Ishinomaki and on March 17, 2012 to Rikuzen-Ono; services past Rikuzen-Ono the direction of Sendai were resumed on May 30, 2015.