Yamashita Station (Miyagi)
Lines. Yamashita Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 325.7 kilometers from the official starting point of the line at in Tokyo. Station layout. The station had a single island platform and a side platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station had a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office. History. Yamashita Station opened on May 10, 1949. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. Services on the Jōban Line between Hamayoshida Station and Soma Station  were suspended due to damage caused by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on 11 March 2011. The station reopened at a new location approximately 1 kilometer further inland on 10 December 10, 2016.。 Passenger statistics. In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 598 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).