Operated by JR East Address Japan | Opened 1939 | |
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Location Sawada 1714, Ishinomaki, Miyagi（宮城県石巻市沢田字沢田1714）Japan Similar Mangokuura Station, Rikuzen‑Inai Station, Watanoha Station, Kakeyama Station, Urashuku Station | ||
Sawada Station (沢田駅, Sawada eki) is a railway station in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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Lines
Sawada Station is served by the Ishinomaki Line, and is located 37.0 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kogota Station.
Station layout
Sawada Station has one side platform, serving traffic in both directions. The station is unattended.
History
Sawada Station opened on October 7, 1939. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987. Operations of the line and the station were suspended by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011. Services were resumed on March 16, 2013; but remained suspended on the portion from Urashuku to Onagawa until March 21, 2015.