Operated by JR East Previous names Hamada (until 1944) Opened 1927 | Address Japan | |
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Location Akanuma Idojiri, Rifu, Miyagi, Miyagi（宮城県宮城郡利府町赤沼字井戸尻）Japan Similar Rikuzen‑Tomiyama Station, Tetaru Station, Higashi‑Shiogama Station, Rikuzen‑Ōtsuka Station, Kazuma Station | ||
Rikuzen-Hamada Station (陸前浜田駅, Rikuzen-Hamada-eki) is a railway station in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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Lines
Rikuzen-Hamada Station is served by the Senseki Line. It is located 20.3 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Senseki Line at Aoba-dōri Station.
Station layout
Rikuzen-Hamada Station has one side platform serving traffic in both directions. The station is unattended.
History
Rikuzen-Hamada Station opened on April 18, 1927 as a Hamada Station (浜田駅, Hamada-eki) on the Miyagi Electric Railway. The line was nationalized on May 1, 1944 and was renamed to its present name on that date. 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 to May 28, 2011 due to damage caused by the tsunami associated with the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake.