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Maeyachi Station
Maeyachi Station (前谷地駅 Maeyachi eki) is a JR East railway station located in Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan. It is the southern terminus of the JR Kesennuma Line, and is also a station on the Ishinomaki Line.
It was unaffected by the 2011 Japanese tsunami.
Contents
Lines
Surrounding area
- Highway 45
- Kanan Post Office
History
- October 28, 1912: Station begins operation.
- October 24, 1968: Yanaizu Line in created.
- December 11, 1977: The Yanizu Line is extended to Motoyoshi to join the south end of the Kesennuma Line. The full line is known as the Kesennuma Line.
- July 26, 2003: A magnitude 6.2 earthquake derails a train locally.
Adjacent stations
Stations of the Kesennuma Line Maeyachi - Wabuchi - Nonodake - Rikuzen-Toyosato - Mitakedō - Yanaizu - Rikuzen-Yokoyama - Rikuzen-Togura - Shizugawa - Shizuhama - Utatsu - Rikuzen-Minato - Kurauchi - Rikuzen-Koizumi - Motoyoshi - Koganezawa - Ōya-Kaigan - Rikuzen-Hashikami - Saichi - Matsuiwa - Minami-Kesennuma - Fudōnosawa - Kesennuma
Stations of the Ishinomaki Line Kogota - Kami-Wakuya - Wakuya - Maeyachi - Kakeyama - Kanomata - Sobanokami - Ishinomaki - Rikuzen-Inai - Watanoha - Mangoku-Ura - Sawada - Urashuku - Onagawa
External links
- (Japanese) Maeyachi Station (JR East)
- Coordinates: 38°30′43″N 141°11′40″E / 38.512054°N 141.194444°E
- "JR気仙沼線 【前面展望 ９】 陸前豊里⇒前谷地" (video). YouTube.com. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c-gyfivV_I. Retrieved 2011-04-26. video of a train trip from Rikuzen-Toyosato Station to Maeyachi Station in 2009, passing Nonodake Station at around 03:35 minutes and Wabuchi Station at around 05:48 minutes, without stopping.
Categories:- Stations of East Japan Railway Company
- Railway stations in Miyagi Prefecture
- Ishinomaki Line
- Kesennuma Line
- Railway stations opened in 1912
- Miyagi Prefecture railway station stubs
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