Operated by JR East Address Japan | Passengers (FY 2012) 174 daily Opened 1912 | |
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Location Maeyachi, Ishinomaki, Miyagi
（宮城県石巻市前谷地）
Japan Line(s) Kesennuma Line
Ishinomaki Line Similar Yanaizu Station, Kakeyama Station, Kogota Station, Kanomata Station, Wakuya Station | ||
Maeyachi Station (前谷地駅, Maeyachi-eki) is a railway station in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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Lines
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 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Ishinomaki Line at Kogota Station.
Station layout
Maeyachi Station has one side platform and one island platform connected to the station building by an overhead passage.
History
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, The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987. A train was derailed near the station on July 26, 2003 due to a magnitude 6.2 earthquake.