Hebita Station

Railway station in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan

Hebita Station (蛇田駅, Hebita-eki) is a railway station in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Hebita Station is served by the Senseki Line (including the Senseki-Tōhoku Line). It is located 46.6 kilometers from the terminus of the Senseki Line at Aoba-dōri Station.

Station layout

The station has one side platform serving a single bidirectional track. The station is unstaffed.

History

Hebita Station opened on November 22, 1928 as a station on the Miyagi Electric Railway. The Miyagi Electric Railway was nationalized on May 1, 1944.^{[citation needed]} The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987. The station was closed from March 11, 2011 due to damage to the line associated with the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Services were restored to Yamoto and Ishinomaki on July 16, 2011.^[1]

Surrounding area

• National Route 45
• Hebita Post Office

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. Sendai Branch, East Japan Railway Company (September 1, 2011). 地震等による列車影響と運転見込みについて (in Japanese). Archived from the original on September 2, 2011. Retrieved September 10, 2011.

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)