Ōya-Kaigan Station is located on the JR Kesennuma Line

Kesennuma Line

The is a local rail line in Japan. Part of the East Japan Railway Company system, it runs from Maeyachi Station in Ishinomaki, Miyagi to Kesennuma Station in Kesennuma, Miyagi...

 in Kesennuma

Kesennuma, Miyagi

is a city located in the extreme northeast of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, founded on June 1, 1953. It wraps around the western part of Kesennuma Bay, and also includes the island of Ōshima...

, Miyagi

Miyagi Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan in the Tōhoku Region on Honshu island. The capital is Sendai.- History :Miyagi Prefecture was formerly part of the province of Mutsu. Mutsu Province, on northern Honshu, was one of the last provinces to be formed as land was taken from the indigenous Emishi, and became the...

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It was badly damaged or destroyed by the 2011 Japanese tsunami.

History

• February 11, 1957: Station begins operation as Ōya Station.
• March 22, 1997: Station renames to Ōya-Kaigan Station.

External links

Ōya-Kaigan Station (JR East) video of a train trip from Rikuzen-Hashikami Station

Rikuzen-Hashikami Station

is located on the JR Kesennuma Line in Kesennuma, Miyagi.It was undamaged by the 2011 Japanese tsunami.- External links : video of a train trip from Minami-Kesennuma Station to Rikuzen-Hashikami Station in 2009, passing through Matsuiwa Station and Saichi Station without stopping at around 03:05...

 to Motoyoshi Station

Motoyoshi Station

Motoyoshi Station is located on the JR Kesennuma Line in Kesennuma, Miyagi.It was undamaged by the 2011 Japanese tsunami.-Surrounding area:*Highway 346*National Health Insurance Hospital*Kesennuma City East Branch Office...

 in 2009, passing through Ōya-Kaigan Station

Oya-Kaigan Station

Ōya-Kaigan Station is located on the JR Kesennuma Line in Kesennuma, Miyagi.It was badly damaged or destroyed by the 2011 Japanese tsunami.-History:*February 11, 1957: Station begins operation as Ōya Station....

 and Koganezawa Station

Koganezawa Station

Koganezawa Station is located on the JR Kesennuma Line in Kesennuma, Miyagi.It was damaged by the 2011 Japanese tsunami.- External links : video of a train trip from Rikuzen-Hashikami Station to Motoyoshi Station in 2009, passing through Ōya-Kaigan Station and Koganezawa Station without stopping...

 without stopping at around 03:25 minutes and 06:30 minutes, respectively. Satellite photos (eg, in Google Maps) showed that large sections of track and railway bridges were severely affected or washed away by the 2011 tsunami

2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami

The 2011 earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tohoku, also known as the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, or the Great East Japan Earthquake, was a magnitude 9.0 undersea megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan that occurred at 14:46 JST on Friday, 11 March 2011, with the epicenter approximately east...

. Rikuzen-Hashikami Station was undamaged, Ōya-Kaigan Station was badly damaged or destroyed, and Koganezawa Station was damaged.