Operated by JR East Rebuilt 2016 | Line(s) ■ Joban Line Opened 10 May 1949 Platforms in use 1 | |
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Status Operation suspended since March 2011 Similar Sakamoto Station, Hamayoshida Station, Shinchi Station, Komagamine Station, Watari Station | ||
Yamashita Station (山下駅, Yamashita-eki) is a railway station on the Joban Line in Yamamoto, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It has been closed since the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in March 2011, when the station building was severely damaged. It is scheduled to reopen at a new location in December 2016.
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Yamashita Station is served by the Joban Line, and is located 325.7 kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Nippori Station in Tokyo.
Station layout
Yamashita Station had a single island platform and a side platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station had a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.
History
Yamashita Station opened on May 10, 1949. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.
Services on the Joban Line between Hamayoshida Station and Soma Station have been suspended due to damage caused by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on 11 March 2011. The station is scheduled to reopen at a new location further inland on 10 December 2016.