Kogota Station
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is a railway station on the Tōhoku Main Line in Misato
Misato, Miyagi
is a town located in Tōda District, Miyagi, Japan.The town was formed on January 1, 2006 by the merger of the towns of Kogota and Nangō. As of 2005, the town has an estimated population of 26,322 and a population density of 351 persons per km²...

, 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...

. It is also the eastern terminus
Terminal Station
Terminal Station is a 1953 film by Italian director Vittorio De Sica. It tells the story of the love affair between an Italian man and an American woman. The film was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival.-Production:...

 of the Rikuu East Line and the western terminus of the Ishinomaki Line
Ishinomaki Line
The is a rail line in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Part of the East Japan Railway Company system, it runs from Kogota Station in Misato to Onagawa Station in Onagawa, acting as a spur line from the Tōhoku Main Line to the central coast of Miyagi Prefecture...

. Most 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...

 trains use Kogota station as their operating terminus, though the line physically ends at Maeyachi Station
Maeyachi Station
is a JR East railway station located in Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan. It is the southern terminus of the JR Kesennuma Line, and is also a station on the Ishinomaki Line.It was unaffected by the 2011 Japanese tsunami.-Lines:*JR East Kesennuma Line...

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Lines

  • JR East
    East Japan Railway Company
    is the largest passenger railway company in the world and one of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo....

    • Tōhoku Main Line
    • Rikuu East Line
    • Ishinomaki Line
      Ishinomaki Line
      The is a rail line in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Part of the East Japan Railway Company system, it runs from Kogota Station in Misato to Onagawa Station in Onagawa, acting as a spur line from the Tōhoku Main Line to the central coast of Miyagi Prefecture...


History

  • April 16, 1890: Station begins operation on the Nippon Railway
    Nippon Railway
    was the first private railway company in the history of Japan. The company built trunk lines connecting Tokyo with the Tōhoku region to the northeast...

    (now the Tōhoku Main Line).
  • October 28, 1912: The Ishinomaki Line is opened to traffic.
  • April 20, 1913: The Rikuu Line (now the Rikuu East Line) is opened to traffic.

Adjacent stations

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