Hon-Shiogama Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 本塩釜駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Kaigan-dori, Shiogama, Miyagi-ken 985-0002 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 38.3176°N 141.0224°W |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Senseki Line |
Distance: | 16.0 km from |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Tracks: | 2 |
Status: | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) |
Opened: | April 14, 1926 |
Passengers: | 2,992 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2016 |
Map Type: | Japan |
is a railway station in the city of Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Hon-Shiogama Station is served by the Senseki Line. It is located 16.0 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Senseki Line at Aoba-dōri Station.
Hon-Shiogama Station has two elevated opposed side platforms with the station building located underneath. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Hon-Shiogama Station opened on April 14, 1926 as a station on the Miyagi Electric Railway. The line was nationalized on May 1, 1944. On November 1, 1981 the station was relocated to its present location and rebuilt as an elevated station. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987.
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 2,992 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]