Operated by JR East Passengers (FY2012) 1,078 daily Opened 1928 | Line(s) Senseki Line Address Japan | |
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Location Takagi Motokamaie, Matsushima, Miyagi, Miyagi
（宮城県宮城郡松島町高城字元釜家）
Japan Similar Rikuzen‑Ono Station, Matsushima‑Kaigan Station, Rikuzen‑Ōtsuka Station, Rikuzen‑Tomiyama Station, Yamoto Station | ||
Takagimachi Station (高城町駅, Takagimachi-eki) is a railway station in Matsushima, Miyagi, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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Lines
Takagimachi Station is served by the Senseki Line, and lies 25.5 km from the terminus of the Senseki Line at Aoba-dōri Station.
Station layout
Takagimachi Station has one island platform serving two tracks and connected to the station building by a level crossing.
History
Takagimachi Station opened on April 10, 1928, as a station on the Miyagi Electric Railway. The line was nationalized on May 1, 1944. 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 associated with the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, and services beyond Takagimachi Station in the direction of Ishinomaki Station remain suspended and have been replaced by a provisional Bus Rapid Transit service. Services in the direction of Ishinomaki are scheduled to resume in 2015.