Rikuzen-Sannō Station

Rikuzen-Sannō Station 陸前山王駅
File:Rikuzen-Sanno Eki in 2008-01.jpg Rikuzen-Sannō Station with freight yard on the right, January 2008
Location	Sannō, Tagajō, Miyagi （岩手県多賀城市山王） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Tōhoku Main Line
History
Opened	1933
Previous names	Tagajō-mae (until 1944)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2013)	441 daily

Rikuzen-Sannō Station (陸前山王駅, Rikuzen-Sannō-eki) is a railway station on the Tōhoku Main Line in Tagajō, Miyagi, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Rikuzen-Sannō Station is served by the Tōhoku Main Line, and is located 362.2 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Tokyo Station. Also, it is a terminal station for the freight-only Sendai Rinkai Railway.

Station layout

Rikuzen-Sannō Station has one side platform an one island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is unattended.

Platforms

1	■ Tōhoku Main Line	for Shiogama, Matsushima, and Kogota
2	■ Tōhoku Main Line	(not used)
3	■ Tōhoku Main Line	for Sendai, Shiroishi, and Fukushima

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Tōhoku Main Line
Rapid: no stop
Iwakiri		Local		Kokufu-Tagajō

History

The station opened on August 15, 1933, as Tagajō-mae Station (多賀城前駅). It was renamed Rikuzen-Sannō Station on May 1, 1944. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.

Surrounding area

• Tagajō City Library Sannō branch

External links

• JR East Station information (Japanese)