Ishikoshi Station

Ishikoshi Station 石越駅
File:IshikoshiEki2007-2 cropped.jpg Ishikoshi Station, June 2010
Location	Nishimikado-oki, Nango, Ichikoshi-cho, Tome, Miyagi （岩手県登米市石越町南郷字西門沖） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Tōhoku Main Line
History
Opened	1890
Traffic
Passengers (FY2013)	338 daily

Ishikoshi Station (石越駅, Ishikoshi-eki) is a railway station on the Tōhoku Main Line in Tome, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Ishikoshi Station is served by the Tōhoku Main Line, and is located 423.5 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Tokyo Station.

Station layout

Ishikoshi Station has one island platform and one side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" ticket office.

Platforms

1	■ Tōhoku Main Line	for Hanaizumi and Ichinoseki
2	■ Tōhoku Main Line	for starting trains in both directions
3	■ Tōhoku Main Line	for Kogota and Sendai

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Tōhoku Main Line
Nitta		Local		Yushima

History

Ishikoshi Station opened on April 16, 1890. The Kurihara Den'en Railway Line also served this station from 1921 to 2007. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. A new station building was completed on July 31, 2011.

Surrounding area

• Ishikoshi Post Office
• former Ishikoshi Town Hall

External links

• JR East Station information (Japanese)