Sawada Station 沢田駅
Sawada Station in February 2007
General information
Location	1714 Sawada, Ishinomaki-shi, Miyagi-ken 986-2102 Japan
Coordinates	38°25′56″N 141°22′56″E / 38.432352°N 141.382361°E / 38.432352; 141.382361
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Ishinomaki Line
Distance	38.3 km from Kogota
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	October 7, 1939
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Mangokuura towards Kogota Ishinomaki Line Urashuku towards Onagawa Mangokuura towards Sendai Senseki-Tōhoku Line   Rapid
Location
Sawada Station Location within Miyagi Prefecture Show map of Miyagi Prefecture Sawada Station Sawada Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

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

Lines

Sawada Station is served by the Ishinomaki Line, and is located 38.3 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kogota Station.

Station layout

The station has one side platform, serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended and there is no station building.

History

Sawada Station opened on October 7, 1939. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. Operations of the line and the station were suspended by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011. Services were resumed on March 16, 2013; but remained suspended on the portion from Urashuku to Onagawa until August 6, 2016.

Adjacent stations

JR East

■Ishinomaki Line・■■Senseki-Tohoku Line

■Rapid・■Local

Mangokuura - Sta.Sawada - Urashuku

Surrounding area

• National Route 398
• Mangokuura Port

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sawada Station.

• Official website (in Japanese)