is a railway station on the

Tōhoku Main Line The Tōhoku Main Line () is a railway line in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The line starts from Tokyo Station in Chiyoda, Tokyo and passes through such cities as Saitama, Saitama, Saitama, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Uts ...

in the city of Shiogama, Miyagi, Japan, operated by

East Japan Railway Company The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in ...

(JR East).

Lines

Shiogama Station is served by the

, and lies 365.2 km from the official starting point of the line at

Tokyo Station Tōkyō Station (, ) is a major railway station in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The original station is located in Chiyoda's Marunouchi business district near the Tokyo Imperial Palace, Imperial Palace grounds. The newer Eastern extension is not far ...

. Trains of the Senseki-Tōhoku Line also stop at Shiogama Station, which is 14.3 kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Sendai Station.

Station layout

Shiogama Station has one elevated

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 ...

serving two tracks, with the station building situated underneath. The station has a "

Midori no Madoguchi , short for ''Magnetic-electronic Automatic'' ''Reservation System,'' is a train ticket reservation system used by the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and travel agencies in Japan. It was developed jointly by Hitachi and the former Ja ...

" staffed ticket office.

Platforms

History

Shiogama Station opened on July 9, 1956. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the

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of the

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(JNR) on April 1, 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 2,931 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

*Shiogama City Tamagawa Elementary School *East Shiogama Tamagawa Post Office *Shiogama City Hospital * Shiogama Shrine * National Route 45

References

External links

* {{Senseki-Tōhoku Line Railway stations in Miyagi Prefecture Tōhoku Main Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1956 Shiogama, Miyagi Stations of East Japan Railway Company