Shiogama Station

Shiogama Station 塩釜駅
File:JR Shiogama sta 001.jpg Shiogama Station, April 2009
Location	Higashi-Tamagawa-cho, Shiogama, Miyagi （岩手県塩竈市東玉川町） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Tōhoku Main Line
History
Opened	1956
Traffic
Passengers (FY2013)	3,096 daily

Shiogama Station (塩釜駅, Shiogama-eki) is a railway station on the Tōhoku Main Line in Shiogama, Miyagi, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Shiogama Station is served by the Tōhoku Main Line, and lies 365.2 km from the official starting point of the line at Tokyo Station.

Station layout

Shiogama Station has one elevated island platform serving two tracks, with the station building situated underneath. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1	■ Tōhoku Main Line	for Sendai, Shiroishi, and Fukushima
2	■ Tōhoku Main Line	for Matsushima and Kogota

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Tōhoku Main Line
Kokufu-Tagajō		Local		Matsushima

History

Shiogama Station opened on July 9, 1956. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.

Surrounding area

• Shiogama City Tamagawa Elementary School
• East Shiogama Tamagawa Post Office
• Shiogama City Hospital
• Shiogama Shrine
• National Route 45

External links

• JR East Station information (Japanese)