Operated by JR East Address Japan | Passengers (FY 2012) 2,736 daily Opened 1926 | |
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Location Kaigan-dori, Shiogama, Miyagi（宮城県塩竈市海岸通15-1）Japan Similar Nishi‑Shiogama Station, Higashi‑Shiogama Station, Senseki Line, Geba Station, Shiogama Station | ||
Hon-Shiogama Station (本塩釜駅, Hon-Shiogama-eki) is a railway station in Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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Lines
Hon-Shiogama Station is served by the Senseki Line. It is located 16.0 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Senseki Line at Aoba-dōri Station.
Station layout
Hon-Shiogama Station has two elevated opposed side platforms with the station building located underneath. The station has a Green Window ticket counter.
History
Hon-Shiogama Station opened on April 14, 1926 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 and rebuilt as an elevated station. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987.