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Higashi-Shiogama Station 東塩釜駅
Higashi-Shiogama Station in August 2011
General information
Location	3 Fujikura, Shiogama-shi, Miyagi-ken 985-0004 Japan
Coordinates	38°19′32″N 141°01′54″E / 38.3255°N 141.0316°E / 38.3255; 141.0316
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Senseki Line
Distance	17.2 km from Aoba-dōri
Platforms	1 side platform + 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	18 April 1927
Passengers
FY2016	2,485 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Hon-Shiogamatowards Aoba-dori Senseki Line Rikuzen-Hamadatowards Ishinomaki
Location Higashi-Shiogama StationLocation within Japan

Higashi-Shiogama Station (東塩釜駅, Higashi-Shiogama-eki) is a railway station on the Senseki Line in the city of Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Higashi-Shiogama Station is served by the Senseki Line, and is located 17.2 kilometers from the terminus of the Senseki Line at Aoba-dōri Station.

Station layout

Higashi-Shiogama Station has one elevated side platform and one elevated island platform with the station building underneath.

Platforms

• The platforms in August 2014

History

Higashi-Shiogama Station opened on April 18, 1927 as a station on the Miyagi Electric Railway. The line was nationalized on May 1, 1944. On November 1, 1981 the station was relocated to its present location. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 2,458 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

• Shiogama Port
• National Route 45
• Uminomachi Fine Arts Museum

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. 各駅の乗車人員 (2016年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2016)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2016.

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)

• Stations of East Japan Railway Company
• Railway stations in Miyagi Prefecture
• Senseki Line
• Railway stations in Japan opened in 1927
• Shiogama, Miyagi