Shiogama

Weekday departures: 28/day in the available timetable data · Sat & holiday departures: 28/day in the available timetable data

Earliest / latest departure in the available data (weekday): 6:43 / 21:33

Busiest hour in the available data: 7:00–8:00 (2)

0:00 ─ 23:00

Figures are typical departures in the timetable data, not a live service count.

Timetable data as of 5 May 2026.

The timetable data is incomplete for some or all lines at this station, so the weekday and Sat & holiday figures are departures in the available timetable data, not totals.

Lines where the timetable data is incomplete:

• Tohoku Main Line: timetable covers only part of the line

• Tohoku Main Line: Takagimachi ⇄ Sendai (Miyagi)

Shiogama Station opened on 9 July 1956 as part of the rerouting of the Tōhoku Main Line through the wartime "sea line" via Rikuzen-Sannō. The new route, completed for freight in 1944, was promoted to the main line in 1956 alongside the opening of this passenger station; the original Shiogama Station was renamed Shiogamakō at the same time and lost its passenger services, remaining a freight stop. From 1971 to 1975 it hosted the limited express "Aoba" between Sendai and Akita. The station passed to JR East at the privatisation of Japanese National Railways on 1 April 1987. From 30 May 2015 it became the operational branch point for the Senseki-Tōhoku Line, with a special fare exemption permitting through travel to the registered junction at Matsushima.

The section between this station and Matsushima Station is 10.0 km long, the longest inter-station distance on the entire Tōhoku Main Line.