Station

Koishihama

恋し浜

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Koishihama
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Timetable information

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Location

History

Koishihama Station opened on 16 October 1985 as a station of the Sanriku Railway Minami-Rias Line in what is now Ōfunato, Iwate, originally written with the kanji 小石浜 ("small-stone beach"). On 20 July 2009 the name was rewritten as 恋し浜, a homophone meaning "beloved beach." The 11 March 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami swept away part of the line, suspending service; trains returned on 3 April 2013 with the reopening of the Sakari-to-Yoshihama segment. On 23 March 2019 the Minami-Rias, Yamada and Kita-Rias segments were merged into the through-running Rias Line, and Koishihama became an intermediate stop.

Notes

The station name was originally written 小石浜 and took its present spelling, 恋し浜, on 20 July 2009; the new characters are homophonous with the old ones and make the name read as "Beloved Beach."

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