Hosoura Station (細浦駅, Hosoura-eki) was a JR East railway station located in Ōfunato, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. The station, as well as most of the structures in the surrounding area, was destroyed by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and has now been replaced by a provisional bus rapid transit line.

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Hosoura 細浦
Hosoura Station in December 2018
General information
Location	Suezaki-cho Hosoura 77, Ōfunato, Iwate （岩手県大船渡市末崎町字細浦77） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Ōfunato Line
History
Opened	1933
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Goishi Kaiganguchi towards Maeyachi Kesennuma / Ōfunato BRT Ofunato Marumori towards Sakari
Former services
Preceding station JR East Following station Otomo towards Ichinoseki Ōfunato Line Shimofunato towards Sakari

Lines

Hosoura Station was served by the Ōfunato Line, and was located 97.1 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Ichinoseki Station.

Station layout

Hosoura Station had a single side platform serving traffic in both directions. The station was unattended.

History

Hosoura Station opened on 15 December 1933. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. The station was one of six stations on the Ōfunato Line destroyed by the 11 March 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.

Surrounding area

• National Route 45
• Goishi Coast
• Hosoura Port

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hosoura Station.

• JR East Station information (in Japanese)