Kesennuma Station

Location
	Kesennuma Station Location within Iwate Prefecture Kesennuma Station Kesennuma Station (Japan)

Kesennuma Station

気仙沼駅
Kesennuma Station; 気仙沼駅
	Kesennuma Station in December 2012
General information
Location	1-5-25 Furumachi, Kesennuma-shi, Miyagi-ken 988-0077; Japan
Coordinates	38°54′36″N 141°33′32″E / 38.909978°N 141.558917°E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Kesennuma Line; ■　Ōfunato Line;
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platforms
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	31 July 1929
Passengers
FY2018	196 daily
Services
Former services
Location
Location
	Kesennuma Station Location within Iwate Prefecture Kesennuma Station Kesennuma Station (Japan)

Kesennuma Station (気仙沼駅, Kesennuma-eki) is a junction railway station located in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Kesennuma Station was a junction station served by the Ōfunato Line and the Kesennuma Line. The station is 62.0 kilometers from Ichinoseki and 72.8 kilometers from Maeyachi. Since the March 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, services on the Kesennuma Line between Kesennuma and Yanaizu have been suspended, and services replaced by a provisional bus rapid transit line. The Ōfunato Line still serves Kesennuma from its terminal at Ichinoseki; however services past Kesennuma have likewise been suspended and replaced by a Bus Rapid Transit Line.

Station layout

The station has a single side platform and an island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1	■ Kesennuma Line	for Yanaizu (suspended)
2	■ Kesennuma Line	siding
3	■ Ōfunato Line	for Ichinoseki

History

Kesennuma Station opened on 31 July 1929 on the Ōfunato Line. Passenger services on the Kesennuma Line began on 11 February 1957. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. Since the March 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, the station has become the de facto terminal station of the Ōfunato Line, with services beyond the station replaced by a provisional bus rapid transit line. Services on the Kesennuma Line have also been suspended and replaced by a bus line.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 196 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

Surrounding area

National Route 284
Kesennuma Furumachi post office
Kesennuma tax office

References

^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2020.

External links

Media related to Kesennuma Station at Wikimedia Commons

Official website (in Japanese)
"JR気仙沼線【前面展望１】気仙沼⇒南気仙沼" (video). YouTube.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-13. Retrieved 2011-04-26. video of a train trip from Kesennuma Station to Minami-Kesennuma Station in 2009, passing through Fudōnosawa Station

[jreast2018stats-1] 各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2020.

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