Kanomata Station

Railway station in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan

Preceding station	JR East			Following station
Kakeyama towards Kogota		Ishinomaki Line		Sobanokami towards Onagawa

Location
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Kanomata Station (鹿又駅, Kanomata-eki) is a railway station located in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Kanomata Station is served by the Ishinomaki Line, and is located 21.2 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kogota Station.

Station layout

The station has two opposed side platforms, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is unattended.

Platforms

1	■ Ishinomaki Line	for Ishinomaki and Onagawa
2	■ Ishinomaki Line	for Kogota

History

Kanomata Station opened on October 28, 1912. 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 17, 2013.