Motoyoshi Station

Motoyoshi 本吉
BRT Motoyoshi Station in September 2012
Location	Tsuya-Matsuo, Motoyoshida-cho, Kesennuma, Miyagi （宮城県気仙沼市本吉町津谷松尾） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Kesennuma Line
Connections	Bus stop
History
Opened	1957

Motoyoshi Station (本吉駅, Motoyoshi-eki) was a railway station in Kesennuma, Miyagi, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) until 2011. The station became a stop on the replacement Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line following the March 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.

Lines

Motoyoshi Station was served by the Kesennuma Line, and was located 51.5 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Maeyachi Station.

The station had a single island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station was unattended.

«		Service	»
Kesennuma Line
Rikuzen-Koizumi		-	Koganezawa

Motoyoshi Station in June 2007

Motoyoshi Station opened on 11 February 1957.^[1] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.^[1] The station itself was only slightly damaged by 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, however, rail services on the line were subsequently replaced by a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Line.

1 2 Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. II. Japan: JTB. p. 483. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Motoyoshi Station.

JR East Station information (Japanese)
"JR気仙沼線【前面展望３】陸前階上⇒本吉" (video). YouTube.com. Retrieved 2011-04-26. video of a train trip from Rikuzen-Hashikami Station to Motoyoshi Station in 2009
"JR気仙沼線【前面展望４】本吉⇒歌津" (video). YouTube.com. Retrieved 2011-04-26. video of a train trip from Motoyoshi Station to Utatsu Station in 2009

Stations of the Kesennuma Line

(Stations in italics were formerly on the section destroyed by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and are currently served by a Bus Rapid Transit line.)

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