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Tōna Station (東名駅, Tōna-eki) is a railway station in the city of Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

The station is served by the Senseki Line. It is located 32.2 kilometers from the terminus of the Senseki Line at Aoba-dōri Station.

Station layout

Tōna Station has one side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended.

History

Tōna Station in May 2011 after tsunami damage
Abandoned platform in May 2013

Tōna Station opened on December 1, 1931 as a station on the Miyagi Electric Railway. The line was nationalized on May 1, 1944. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987.

The station was destroyed on March 11, 2011 due to damage associated with the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, and services were replaced by provisional bus services.[1] The station reopened on May 30, 2015 on a higher ground where the former community around the station would be reconstructed.[2][3] Due to the relocation, the distance from Aoba-Dōri was changed from 32.4 kilometers to 32.2 kilometers.[4]

Surrounding area

  • Tōna Post Office
  • Tōna beach

See also

References

  1. ^ The Ishinomaki Kahoku (2014). Surviving the 2011 Tsunami. Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan: Junposha. p. 43. ISBN 978-4-8451-1351-4.
  2. ^ Sendai Branch, East Japan Railway Company (September 1, 2011). 地震等による列車影響と運転見込みについて (in Japanese). Archived from the original on September 2, 2011. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
  3. ^ <仙石線全線再開>新たな門出を祝福 野蒜駅. Kahoku Shimpo (in Japanese). May 30, 2015. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
  4. ^ Sendai Branch, East Japan Railway Company (January 29, 2015). 石巻線および仙石線の全線運転再開と仙石東北ライン開業に伴う営業キロの変更及び運賃の適用等について (PDF) (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 9, 2015. Retrieved July 4, 2015.

External links

Media related to Tōna Station at Wikimedia Commons

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