Watanoha Station
Railway station in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Railway station in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Watanoha Station (渡波駅, Watanoha-eki) is a railway station located in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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Watanoha Station 渡波駅 | |||||||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||||||
Location | 1-7-1 Watanoha, Ishinomaki-shi, Miyagi-ken 986-2121 Japan | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°25′12″N 141°21′55″E | ||||||||||||||
Operated by | JR East | ||||||||||||||
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Distance | 35.9 km from Kogota | ||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||||||
Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||||||
Status | Staffed | ||||||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||
Opened | October 7, 1939 | ||||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||||
FY2018 | 543 daily | ||||||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||||||
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Watanoha Station is served by the Ishinomaki Line, and is located 35.9 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kogota Station.
The station has two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a level crossing.
1 | ■ Ishinomaki Line | for Ishinomaki and Kogota |
■ Senseki-Tōhoku Line | for Ishinomaki and Sendai | |
2 | ■ Ishinomaki Line | for Onagawa |
Watanoha Station opened on October 7, 1939. Operations of the line and the station were suspended by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011. Services were resumed from Ishinomaki Station to Watanoha on March 17, 2012, and from Watanoha to Urashuku Station on March 16, 2013; but remained suspended on the portion from Urashuku Station to Onagawa Station until August 6, 2016.
In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 543 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
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