Urashuku Station

Urashuku Station 浦宿駅
Urashuku Station in April 2013
General information
Location	Urashukuhama Urashuku, Onagawa-machi, Oshika-gun, Miyagi-ken 986-2231 Japan
Coordinates	38°26′11″N 141°25′17″E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Ishinomaki Line
Distance	37.0 km (23.0 mi) from Kogota
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	12 February 1956 (1956-02-12)
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Sawada towards Kogota Ishinomaki Line Onagawa Terminus Sawada towards Sendai Senseki-Tōhoku Line Rapid
Location Urashuku Station Location within Miyagi Prefecture Urashuku Station Urashuku Station (Tohoku, Japan) Urashuku Station Urashuku Station (Japan)

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

Lines

Urashuku Station is served by the Ishinomaki Line, and is located 37.0 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kogota Station. From the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011 until March 21, 2015, services past Urashuku were suspended, making Urashuku Station the effective terminus of the line.

Station layout

The station has one side platform, serving traffic in both directions. The station is unattended.

History

Urashuku Station opened on February 12, 1956. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987. Operations of the line and the station were suspended by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011. Services were resumed on March 16, 2013; but remained suspended on the portion from Urashuku to Onagawa until services resumed on March 21, 2015.

Adjacent stations

JR East

■Ishinomaki Line・■■Senseki-Tohoku Line

■Rapid・■Local

Sawada - Sta.Urashuku - Onagawa

Surrounding area

• National Route 398
• Mangoku-Ura lake

Gallery

• 
  A Local Ishinomaki Line train headed towards Ishinomaki
• 
  Old station structure with barrier-free access in February 2007, prior to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

Media related to Urashuku Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in Japanese)