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Coordinates: 37°42′11″N 140°58′13″E / 37.7030°N 140.9703°E / 37.7030; 140.9703
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Revision as of 17:36, 17 August 2015

鹿島
Kashima Station in August 2014
General information
LocationKashima-ku, Kashima Maenouchi 13-7
Operated byJR East
Line(s)Jōban Line

Kashima Station (鹿島駅, Kashima-eki) is a railway station operated by East Japan Railway Company in Minamisōma, Fukushima, Japan.

Lines

Kashima Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 294.4 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori Station. However, due to damage to the line caused by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, trains from Kashima are able to travel as far as Sōma Station to the north and Haranomachi Station to the south. Full services are not expected to resume until after 2017.[needs update]

Station layout

Kashima Station has two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by an overhead passageway.

Platforms

1  Jōban Line for Haranomachi
2  Jōban Line for Sōma

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Joban Line
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Haranomachi   Local   Nittaki

History

Kashima Station was opened on 3 April 1898. With the privatization of the JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the operational control of East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Surrounding area

  • former Kashima Town Hall
  • Kashima Post Office

References


37°42′11″N 140°58′13″E / 37.7030°N 140.9703°E / 37.7030; 140.9703