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Onagawa Station

Railway station in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan

38°26′47″N 141°26′42″E / 38.446345°N 141.444972°E / 38.446345; 141.444972Operated by

JR EastLine(s) Ishinomaki LineDistance44.9 km (27.9 mi) from KogotaPlatforms1 bay platformTracks1ConstructionStructure typeAt gradeOther informationStatusStaffedWebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpened7 October 1939; 84 years ago (1939-10-07)PassengersFY2021161 (boarding only) Services

Preceding station	JR East			Following station
Urashuku towards Kogota		Ishinomaki Line		Terminus
Urashuku towards Sendai		Senseki-Tōhoku Line Rapid		Terminus

Location
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Onagawa Station (女川駅, Onagawa-eki) is a railway station in the town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Onagawa Station is a terminal station on the Ishinomaki Line, located 44.9 kilometers from the opposing terminus of the line at Kogota Station.

Station layout

The station has one bay platform, serving a single track, connected to the station building by a footbridge.

History

Onagawa Station opened on October 7, 1939. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987. Operations were suspended after the tsunami on March 11, 2011 which destroyed the station building and nearby railway tracks.^[1]

Just over four years later, on March 21, 2015, the reconstructed Onagawa Station reopened marking the restoration of the entire Ishinomaki Line. The new station building features an integrated community center and public bathing facility on the upper floors. The building was designed by Pritzker Architecture Prize winning architect Shigeru Ban, who also contributed to the design of temporary housing structures in the town in the wake of the March 2011 tsunami.^[2]

Reconstructed Onagawa Station in 2015
Shopping street outside Onogawa station, December 2015
Platforms, May 2015
The remains of the station shortly after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
The wreckage of KiHa 48 502 and KiHa 48 1512 following the tsunami, having been swept off the tracks at Onagawa and washed uphill by the wave
Cleared station site, September 2012
Original station buildings in 2007

Surrounding area

Before the tsunami disaster, a preserved 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]

Onagawa Port
Onagawa Post Office
National Route 398

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 222 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[4]

References

^ 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. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
^ "Onagawa Station Opening Ceremony". www.shigerubanarchitects.com. Shigeru Ban Architects. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
^ Nishiwaki, Kōji; Fujita, Gorō (January 2011). "キハ40系一族" [The KiHa 40 Series Family]. Japan Railfan Magazine. Vol. 51, no. 597. Japan: Kōyūsha. pp. 15–63.
^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2020.