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Onagawa Station女川駅
Onagawa Station after the tsunami in 2011 Location Prefecture Miyagi
(See other stations in Miyagi)District Oshika Town Onagawa History Year opened 1939 Rail services Operator(s) JR East Line(s) Ishinomaki Line Statistics 314 passengers/day [1] 
Onagawa Station in 2007
Onagawa Station (女川駅 Onagawa eki) is a JR East railway station located in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.
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Lines
The station is served by the Ishinomaki Line. The operation of the line and the station has been suspended since the tsunami on March 11, 2011 that destructed the railway track and the facilities of Onagawa Station.[2]
Surrounding area
Before the tsunami disaster, a former JR East KiHa 40 series diesel multiple unit car, KiHa 40 519, was parked next to the "Yupoppo" onsen facility next to the station, for use as a lounge space.[3]
History
- October 7, 1939: Station opens.
- March 11, 2011: Tsunami destructs the station.
References
- ^ JR East statistics (2010). Number of boarding passengers.
- ^ "ビル屋上に車、駅は土台だけ…女川襲った津波" (in Japanese). Yomiuri Online. March 13, 2011. http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/news/20110313-OYT1T00561.htm. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
- ^ Nishiwaki, Kōji; Fujita, Gorō (January 2011). "キハ40系一族 [The KiHa 40 Series Family]". Japan Railfan Magazine (Japan: Kōyūsha) 51 (597): p.15–63.
External links
Media related to Onagawa Station at Wikimedia Commons- Onagawa Station (JR East) (Japanese)
Stations of the Ishinomaki Line Kogota - Kami-Wakuya - Wakuya - Maeyachi - Kakeyama - Kanomata - Sobanokami - Ishinomaki - Rikuzen-Inai - Watanoha - Mangoku-Ura - Sawada - Urashuku - Onagawa
Coordinates: 38°26′47″N 141°26′42″E / 38.446345°N 141.444972°ECategories:- Railway stations in Miyagi Prefecture
- Railway stations opened in 1939
- Stations of East Japan Railway Company
- Ishinomaki Line
- 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
- Miyagi Prefecture railway station stubs
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