Matsushima-Kaigan Station

Matsushima-Kaigan Station 松島海岸駅
File:JRE MatsushimaKaigan Station.jpg Matsushima-Kaigan Station, October 2008
Location	Matsushima, Matsushima, Miyagi, Miyagi （宮城県宮城郡松島町松島字浪打浜10） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Senseki Line
History
Opened	1927
Previous names	Matsushima-Kōen (until 1944)
Traffic
Passengers (FY 2012)	1078 daily

Matsushima-Kaigan Station (松島海岸駅, Matsushima-Kaigan-eki) is a railway station in Matsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Matsushima-Kaigan Station is served by the Senseki Line. It is located 23.2 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Senseki Line at Aoba-dōri Station.

Station layout

Matsushima-Kaigan Station has one elevated island platform with the station building underneath. The station has a Green Window ticket counter.

Platforms

1	■ Senseki Line	for Hon-Shiogama, Sendai and Aoba-dōri
2	■ Senseki Line	for Takagimachi

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Senseki Line
Rikuzen-Hamada		Local		Takagimachi

History

Matsushima-Kaigan Station opened on April 18, 1927 as Matsushima Kōen Station (松島公園駅) on the Miyagi Electric Railway. The line was nationalized on May 1, 1944 and the station was renamed to its present name at that time. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987. The station was closed from March 11 to May 28, 2011 due to damage associated with the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.

Surrounding area

• Matsushima
• Zuigan-ji

External links

• JR East Station information (Japanese)