title: Hon-Shiogama Station
text: # Hon-Shiogama Station
  
  Hon-Shiogama Station (本塩釜駅, Hon-Shiogama-eki) is a railway station in the city of Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
  
  ## Lines
  
  Hon-Shiogama Station is served by the Senseki Line. It is located 16.0 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Senseki Line at Aoba-dōri Station.
  
  ## Station layout
  
  Hon-Shiogama Station has two elevated opposed side platforms with the station building located underneath. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
  
  ### Platforms
  
  | 1 | ■ Senseki Line | for Matsushima-Kaigan and Takagimachi |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2 | ■ Senseki Line | or Sendai and Aoba-dōri |
  
  ## History
  
  Hon-Shiogama Station opened on April 14, 1926 as a station on the Miyagi Electric Railway. The line was nationalized on May 1, 1944. On November 1, 1981 the station was relocated to its present location and rebuilt as an elevated station. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987.
  
  ## Passenger statistics
  
  In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 2,992 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
  
  ## Surrounding area
  
  * Shiogama City Hall
  * Royal Home Center
  * Highway 45
  * Mae-Hon-Shiogama Post Office
  * Shiogama Shrine
  * Shiogama Port
  