Fudōnosawa Station

Fudōnosawa Station (不動の沢駅, Fudōnosawa-eki) was a JR East railway station located in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Services to the station have been suspended since the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and have now been replaced by a provisional bus rapid transit line.

Fudōnosawa Station 不動の沢駅
Fudōnosawa Station in May 2013
General information
Location	Shitanda, Kesennuma, Miyagi （宮城県気仙沼市四反田） Japan
Coordinates	38°53′55″N 141°33′44″E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■　Kesennuma Line
Distance	69.6 km from Maeyachi
Platforms	1 side platform
History
Opened	10 October 1960
Closed	11 March 2011
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Minami-Kesennuma towards Maeyachi Kesennuma / Ōfunato BRT Higashi Shinjo towards Sakari
Former services
Preceding station JR East Following station Minami-Kesennuma towards Kogota Kesennuma Line Kesennuma Terminus
Location Fudōnosawa Station Location within Japan

Lines

Fudōnosawa Station was served by the Kesennuma Line, and is located 69.6 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Maeyachi Station.

Station layout

Fudōnosawa Station had one side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station was unattended.

History

Fudōnosawa Station opened on 10 October 1960. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. Services to the station have been suspended since the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and have now been replaced by a provisional bus rapid transit line, and the former platform and station building modified into a bus station.

Surrounding area

• Kesennuma General Hospital
• Japan National Route 45

External links

Media related to Fudōnosawa Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in Japanese)
• "JR気仙沼線 【前面展望 １】 気仙沼⇒南気仙沼" (video). YouTube.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-13. Retrieved 2011-04-26. video of a train trip from Kesennuma Station to Minami-Kesennuma Station in 2009, passing through Fudōnosawa Station at around 03:25 minutes without stopping. Satellite photos (e.g., in Google Maps) showed that sections of track near Minami-Kesennuma Station were severely affected by the 2011 tsunami. Kesennuma Station and Fudōnosawa Station were undamaged.