Operated by JR East Address Japan | Opened 1929 | |
 | ||
Similar Higashi‑Yamoto Station, Rikuzen‑Ōtsuka Station, Rikuzen‑Ono Station, Rikuzen‑Akai Station, Yamoto Station | ||
Kazuma Station (鹿妻駅, Kazuma-eki) is a railway station in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Contents
Lines
Kazuma Station is served by the Senseki Line. It is located 37.6 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Senseki Line at Aoba-dōri Station.
Station layout
Kazuma Station has one side platform serving traffic in both directions. The station is unattended.
History
Kazuma Station opened on June 1, 1929 as a station on the Miyagi Electric Railway. The Miyagi Electric Railway was nationalized on May 1, 1944. Operations were suspended for a one-year period between June 10, 1945 and June 10, 1946. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987.
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 March 17, 2012 between Rikuzen-Ono and Ishinomaki; services past Rikuzen-Ono the direction of Sendai was resumed on May 30, 2015.