is a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

in the town of Shinchi,

Fukushima Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. Fukushima Prefecture has a population of 1,771,100 () and has a geographic area of . Fukushima Prefecture borders Miyagi Prefecture and Yamagata Prefecture ...

, Japan, operated by

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(JR East). Operation of the station was suspended due to severe damage to the railway and station facilities caused by the

2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami On 11 March 2011, at 14:46:24 Japan Standard Time, JST (05:46:24 UTC), a 9.0–9.1 Submarine earthquake, undersea megathrust earthquake occurred in the Pacific Ocean, east of the Oshika Peninsula of the Tōhoku region. It lasted approx ...

in March 2011. The station reopened at a new location in December 2016.

Lines

Shinchi Station is served by the

Jōban Line The is a railway line in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The line officially begins at Nippori Station in Arakawa, Tokyo before the line officially ends at Iwanuma Station in Iwanuma, Miyagi. However, following ...

and is 315.8 kilometers from the starting point of the line at in Tokyo. The station is attended.

Station layout

Prior to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, Shinchi Station previously had a single

island platform An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway inte ...

and a single

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms, ...

connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station was rebuilt with two opposed side platforms.

Platforms

History

Shinchi Station opened on November 10, 1897. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the

Japanese National Railways The , abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pre ...

(JNR) on April 1, 1987. The station was totally destroyed by the

on 11 March 2011. It reopened at a new location further inland on 10 December 2016. File:Shinchista.JPG, The station building in January 2008 File:Shinchi Sta 20110404.jpg, The remains of Shinchi Station, including an

E721 series The is an AC electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) on services in the Sendai area of Japan since February 2007. Variants * E721-0 series 2-car sets, since February 2007 * E721-500 series 2-c ...

train, after the tsunami in 2011

Passenger statistics

In 2018, the station was used by an average of 281 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

* *Shinchi town hall *Shinchi post office *Tsurushi fishing port

References

External links

* {{Joban Line Stations of East Japan Railway Company Railway stations in Fukushima Prefecture Jōban Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1897 Shinchi, Fukushima Buildings and structures destroyed by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami Railway stations in Japan opened in 2016 Relocated buildings and structures in Japan Railway stations in Japan closed in 2011