Unosumai Station

Unosumai Station 鵜住居駅
Unosumai Station in May 2019
General information
Location	Unosumai-chō 16, Kamaishi, Iwate （岩手県釜石市鵜住居町16） Japan
Operated by	Sanriku Railway
Line(s)	■ Rias Line
Distance	44.9 km from Sakari
History
Opened	1939

Unosumai Station (鵜住居駅, Unosumai-eki) is a Sanriku Railway Company railway station located in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

Unosumai Station is served by the Rias Line. Formerly, it was served by the Yamada Line. The station was located 44.9 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Sakari Station.

Station layout

Unosumai Station had a single island platform connected to the station building, by an underground passage. The station was unattended.

Platforms

1	■ Rias Line	for Miyako , and Kuji
2	■ Rias Line	for Kamaishi , and Sakari

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Rias Line
Ryōishi		-	Ōtsuchi

History

Unosumai Station opened on 17 September 1939. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987. The station (along with most of the surrounding area) was destroyed by the 11 March 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.

As of 2018, the station have been rebuilt along with the rest of the closed segment of the Yamada Line. It was transferred to the Sanriku Railway upon completion on 23 March 2019. This segment joined up with the Kita-Rias Line on one side and the Minami-Rias Line on the other, which together constitutes the entire Rias Line.[1] Accordingly, this station became an intermediate station of Rias Line.

Surrounding area

• National Route 45

References

1. 東日本大震災 復興鉄路つながった　８年ぶり宮古－釜石、三陸鉄道に [Great East Japan Earthquake Railway have been rebuilt and connected after 8 years reconstruction between Miyako-Kamaishi, Sanriku Railway]. mainichi.jp (in Japanese). Japan: The Mainichi Newspapers Co., Ltd. 23 March 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2019.

External links

• JR East Station information (in Japanese)

39.3271°N 141.8881°E / 39.3271; 141.8881