Rikuzen-Yamashita Station
# Rikuzen-Yamashita Station

Rikuzen-Yamashita Station (陸前山下駅, Rikuzen-Yamashita-eki) is a railway station in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

## Lines

Rikuzen-Yamashita Station is served by the Senseki Line (including the Senseki-Tōhoku Line). It is 47.6 km from the terminus of the line at Aoba-dōri.

## Station layout

The station has one island platform connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station is staffed.

### Platforms

| 1 | ■ Senseki Line | for Matsushima-Kaigan and Sendai |
| - | - | - |
| | ■ Senseki-Tōhoku Line | for Sendai |
| 2 | ■ Senseki Line | for Ishinomaki |
| | ■ Senseki-Tōhoku Line | for Sendai |

## History

The station opened on February 1, 1939 as Miyaden-Yamashita Station (宮電山下駅). It was renamed Rikuzen-Yamashita Station on May 1, 1944.

The station building was destroyed in the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on 11 March 2011. A new station building was opened on 3 March 2012.

## Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 944 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

## Surrounding area

* National Route 45
* National Route 108
* Ishinomaki Police Station
* Ishinomaki Technical High School
* Ishinomaki Kobunkan High School
* Ishinomaki Yamashita Junior High School
