Yoshihama Station (Iwate)

Yoshihama Station (吉浜駅, Yoshihama-eki) was a railway station on the Sanriku Railway Company’s Rias Line located in the city of Ōfunato, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. It is 21.6 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Sakari Station.

Yoshihama Station 吉浜駅
Yoshihama Station in June 2013
General information
Location	Sanriku-cho Yoshihama, Ōfunato-shi, Iwate-ken 022-0102 Japan
Coordinates	39°09′4″N 141°50′10.9″E
Operated by	Sanriku Railway
Line(s)	■ Rias Line
Distance	21.6 km from Sakari
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1 July 1973
Previous names	15
Location Yoshihama Station Location within Japan

Station layout

Yoshihama Station has a single side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended.

History

Yoshihama Station opened on 1 July 1973 as a station on the Japan National Railway (JNR). It was privatized on 1 April 1984, becoming a station on the Sanriku Railway. During the 11 March 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, part of the tracks on the Minami-Rias Line were swept away, thus suspending services. The line resumed operations on 3 April 2013 between Sakari and Yoshihama. Services between Yoshihama and Kamaishi resumed on 5 April 2014. Minami-Rias Line, a portion of Yamada Line, and Kita-Rias Line constitute Rias Line on 23 March 2019. Accordingly, this station became an intermediate station of Rias Line.

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Sanriku Railway Company
Sanriku		Local		Tōni

Surrounding area

• Yoshihama Elementary School
• Yoshihama Middle School
• Yoshihama Post Office
• Japan National Route 45

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)