Shizugawa Station

Shizugawa Station (志津川駅, Shizugawa-eki) was a JR East railway station located in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. The station was destroyed by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.[1] Services have now been replaced by a provisional bus rapid transit line.

Shizugawa

志津川
Shizugawa BRT Station
LocationShizugawa-aze Nakatsu-machi 32-6, Minamisanriku, Motoyoshi, Miyagi
(宮城県南三陸町志津川字中瀬町32-6)
Japan
Operated byJR East
Line(s)Kesennuma Line
History
Opened1977
Passengers
FY 2010269 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station
Rikuzen-Togura
toward Maeyachi
Kesennuma / Ofunato BRT Minamisanriku Town Office / Hospital
toward Sakari
Former services
Preceding station JR East Following station
Rikuzen-Togura
toward Kogota
Kesennuma Line Shizuhama
toward Kesennuma
Shizugawa Station after the 2011 earthquake
Shizugawa BRT station

Lines

Shizugawa Station was served by the Kesennuma Line, and was located 33.7 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Maeyachi Station.

Station layout

Shizugawa Station had a single side platform and a single island platform serving two tracks, and connected to the station building by a level crossing.

History

Shizugawa Station opened on 11 December 1977. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. Operations were discontinued after the station was completely destroyed by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and an iconic video on the internet recorded from the Shizugawa High School shows the station being flattened as well as the tracks and other nearby buildings before being pouring down to a flat area towards a neighborhood. Today rail services have now been replaced by a bus rapid transit line.

Surrounding area

References

  1. 東日本大震災=3月13日 [Great Eastern Japan Earthquake = March 13]. Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). 2011-03-13. Archived from the original on 2012-07-13. Retrieved 2011-04-23.

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