Hamayoshida Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 浜吉田駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Yoshida, Watari-machi, Watari-gun, Miyagi-ken 989-2331 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 38.0023°N 140.8899°W |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Jōban Line |
Distance: | 329.6 km from |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Tracks: | 2 |
Status: | Staffed |
Opened: | November 10, 1897 |
Former: | Yoshida (until 1915) |
Passengers: | 399 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2020 |
Map Type: | Japan Miyagi Prefecture#Japan |
is a railway station in the town of Watari, Miyagi, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Hamayoshida Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 329.6 kilometers from the official starting point of the line at in Tokyo.
The station has two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.
The station opened on November 10, 1897 as . It was renamed Hamayoshida on June 1, 1915. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. Following severe damage in the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, operations on the Joban Line between Hamayoshida Station and Soma Station were suspended[1] until December 10, 2016.
In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 504 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]