Matsushima Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 松島駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | 7-4 Matsushima-Konashiya, Matsushima-cho, Miyagi-gun, Miyagi-ken 981-0213 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 38.3807°N 141.0665°W |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Tōhoku Main Line |
Platforms: | 1 side + 1 island platform |
Tracks: | 3 |
Distance: | 375.2 km from |
Structure: | At grade |
Status: | Staffed ("Midori no Madoguchi") |
Opened: | July 9, 1956 |
Former: | Shin-Matsushima (until 1962) |
Passengers: | 829 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2018 |
Map Type: | Japan Miyagi Prefecture#Japan |
is a railway station in the town of Matsushima, Miyagi, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). This station is about 1 km from Takagimachi Station and about 2 km away from Matsushima-Kaigan Station on the Senseki Line. Of the three, Matsushima-Kaigan is the station closest to most tourist destinations.
Matsushima Station is served by the Tōhoku Main Line, and is located 375.2 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Tokyo Station.
The station has one side platform and one island platform connected by a footbridge. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.
Matsushima Station opened on July 9, 1956 as, having been elevated from a signal stop established on November 15, 1944, when the routing of the Tohoku Main Line was moved away from the coastline due to security concerns in World War II (the original Matsushima Station, established on April 16, 1944 was renamed "former Matsushima Station" and was closed in 1962). The station was renamed to its present name on July 1, 1962. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. A new station building was completed in March 2010.
In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 829 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]