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Onagawa Station

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Onagawa Station

女川駅
Station structure, March 2019
General information
LocationOnagawahama Ohara, Onagawa Town, Oshika District, Miyagi Prefecture 986-2261
Japan
Coordinates38°26′47″N 141°26′42″E / 38.446345°N 141.444972°E / 38.446345; 141.444972
Operated byLogo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East
Line(s)     Ishinomaki Line
Distance44.9 km (27.9 mi) from Kogota
Platforms1 bay platform
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Other information
StatusStaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened7 October 1939; 85 years ago (1939-10-07)
Passengers
FY2021161 (boarding only)
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Urashuku
towards Kogota
Ishinomaki Line Terminus
Urashuku
towards Sendai
Senseki-Tōhoku Line
Rapid
Location
Onagawa Station is located in Miyagi Prefecture
Onagawa Station
Onagawa Station
Location within Miyagi Prefecture
Onagawa Station is located in Tohoku, Japan
Onagawa Station
Onagawa Station
Onagawa Station (Tohoku, Japan)
Onagawa Station is located in Japan
Onagawa Station
Onagawa Station
Onagawa Station (Japan)

Onagawa Station (女川駅, Onagawa-eki) is a railway station in the town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

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Onagawa Station is a terminal station on the Ishinomaki Line, located 44.9 kilometers from the opposing terminus of the line at Kogota Station.

Station layout

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The station has one bay platform, serving a single track, connected to the station building by a footbridge.

History

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Onagawa Station opened on October 7, 1939. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987. Operations were suspended after the tsunami on March 11, 2011 which destroyed the station building and nearby railway tracks.[1]

Just over four years later, on March 21, 2015, the reconstructed Onagawa Station reopened marking the restoration of the entire Ishinomaki Line. The new station building features an integrated community center and public bathing facility on the upper floors. The building was designed by Pritzker Architecture Prize winning architect Shigeru Ban, who also contributed to the design of temporary housing structures in the town in the wake of the March 2011 tsunami.[2]

Surrounding area

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The KiHa 40 series DMU car originally parked next to the station, seen here in 2007

Before the tsunami disaster, a preserved JR East KiHa 40 series diesel multiple unit car, KiHa 40 519, was parked next to the "Yupoppo" onsen facility next to the station, for use as a lounge space.[3]

Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 222 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ ビル屋上に車、駅は土台だけ…女川襲った津波 (in Japanese). Yomiuri Online. March 13, 2011. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
  2. ^ "Onagawa Station Opening Ceremony". www.shigerubanarchitects.com. Shigeru Ban Architects. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  3. ^ Nishiwaki, Kōji; Fujita, Gorō (January 2011). "キハ40系一族" [The KiHa 40 Series Family]. Japan Railfan Magazine. Vol. 51, no. 597. Japan: Kōyūsha. pp. 15–63.
  4. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
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