Kita-Sendai Station

Kita-Sendai Station
北仙台駅
Kita-Sendai Station
Location Shōwa-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken
Japan
Coordinates 38°16′54″N 140°52′09″E / 38.281667°N 140.869194°E / 38.281667; 140.869194Coordinates: 38°16′54″N 140°52′09″E / 38.281667°N 140.869194°E / 38.281667; 140.869194
Operated by
Line(s)
Connections Bus stop}
Other information
Status Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Station code N06 (Namboku Line)
History
Opened 29 September 1929 (JR)
15 July 1987 (Subway)
Traffic
Passengers 4,623 (JR FY2016))
7,604 (Subway FY2015) daily
Location
Kita-Sendai Station
Location within Japan

Kita-Sendai Station (北仙台駅, Kita-Sendai eki) is a railway station in Aoba-ku, Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the Sendai Subway. The subway and JR lines are not directly connected, however, the distance between the two stations is only around one hundred metres.

Lines

Kita-Sendai Station is served by the Senzan Line, and is located 4.8 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Sendai. It is also 5.4 kilometers from the terminus of the Sendai Subway Namboku Line at Izumi-Chūō.

Station layout

Kita-Sendai Station Namboku Line platform

Kita-Sendai Station has a single aboveground island platform serving JR East, and a single underground island platform serving the Sendai Subway. The JR East portion of the station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

JR East platforms

1 ■ Senzan Line for Sakunami, Yamadera, and Yamagata
2 ■ Senzan Line for Sendai

Sendai Subway platforms

1 ■ Namboku Line ■ for Sendai and Tomizawa
2 ■ Nanboku Line ■ for Izumi-Chūō

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Senzan Line
Rapid-A, Rapid-B: Does not stop at this station
Tōshōgū   Rapid-C, Ordinary   Kitayama
Sendai Subway Namboku Line
Dainohara (N05) - Kita-Yobanchō (N07)

History

Kita-Sendai Station opened on 29 September 1929. The station became part of the JR East network with the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987. The Sendai Subway station opened on 15 July 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the JR East portion of the station was used by an average of 4,623 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1] In fiscal 2015, the Sendai Subway portion of the station was used by an average of 7,604 passengers daily.[2]

Surrounding area

  • Sendai City Martial Arts Hall & Aoba Gymnasium
  • Kita-Sendai Post Office
  • Aoba Shrine
  • Kamisugiyama Junior High School

See also

References

  1. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2016年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2016)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  2. ↑ 仙台市地下鉄 駅別乗車人員の推移 [Sendai city underground station passenger statistics] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Sendai city. 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
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