Shinchi Station 新地駅
The station entrance after reopening in October 2017
General information
Location	Yachigoya, Shinchi-machi, Sōma-gun, Fukushima-ken 979-2702 Japan
Coordinates	37°52′45.2″N140°55′32.4″E / 37.879222°N 140.925667°E /37.879222; 140.925667
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■Jōban Line
Distance	315.8 km fromNippori
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	10 November 1897
Rebuilt	2016
Passengers
FY2018	281 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Komagamine towardsShinagawa Jōban Line Local-Futsuu Sakamoto towardsSendai
Location Shinchi Station Location within Fukushima Prefecture Show map of Fukushima Prefecture Shinchi Station Shinchi Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Shinchi Station (新地駅,Shinchi-eki) is arailway station in the town ofShinchi,Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, operated byEast Japan Railway Company (JR East). Operation of the station was suspended due to severe damage to the railway and station facilities caused by the2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in March 2011.^[1] The station reopened at a new location in December 2016.

Shinchi Station is served by theJōban Line and is 315.8 kilometers from the starting point of the line atNippori in Tokyo. The station is attended.

Prior to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, Shinchi Station previously had a singleisland platform and a singleside platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station was rebuilt with two opposed side platforms.

Shinchi Station opened on November 10, 1897. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of theJapanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.

The station was totally destroyed by the2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on 11 March 2011. It reopened at a new location further inland on 10 December 2016.^[2]

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  The station building in January 2008
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  The remains of Shinchi Station, including anE721 series train, after the tsunami in 2011

In 2018, the station was used by an average of 281 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[3]

• National Route 6
• Shinchi town hall
• Shinchi post office
• Tsurushi fishing port

• List of railway stations in Japan

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• Jōban Line
• Railway stations in Fukushima Prefecture
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• Shinchi, Fukushima
• Buildings and structures destroyed by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
• Railway stations in Japan opened in 2016
• Relocated buildings and structures in Japan
• Railway stations in Japan closed in 2011

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