Minami-Sendai Station

Minami-Sendai Station
南仙台駅
Minami-Sendai Station, West Exit June 2008
Location 5-2-1 Tanaka, Taihaku-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken 981-1104
Japan
Coordinates 38°11′50″N 140°53′01″E / 38.1972475°N 140.8836079°E / 38.1972475; 140.8836079Coordinates: 38°11′50″N 140°53′01″E / 38.1972475°N 140.8836079°E / 38.1972475; 140.8836079
Operated by
Line(s)
Distance 344.1 km from Tokyo
Platforms 1 side + 1 island platform
Tracks 3
Other information
Status Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Website Official website
History
Opened September 10, 1924
Previous names Rikuzen-Nakata (until 1963)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2016) 9,884 daily
Location
Minami-Sendai Station
Location within Japan

Minami-Sendai Station (南仙台駅, Minami-Sendai-eki) is a railway station on the Tōhoku Main Line in Taihaku-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Minami-Sendai Station is served by the Tōhoku Main Line, and is located 344.1 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Tokyo. It is also served by the Joban Line, whose trains run past the official terminus at Iwanuma Station on to Sendai and by the Sendai Airport Line.

Station layout

Minami-Sendai Station has a single side platform and a single island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1 ■ Tōhoku Main Line for Natori, Iwanuma, Shiroishi, Fukushima
■ Joban Line for Natori, Watari, Haranomachi
■ Sendai Airport Line for Sendai Airport
2 ■ Tōhoku Main Line for Sendai, Matsushima, Kogota
■ Sendai Airport Line for Sendai
3 ■ Tōhoku Main Line for Sendai

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Tōhoku Main Line
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Natori   Local   Taishidō
Sendai Airport Line
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Natori   Local   Taishidō

History

Natori Station opened on September 10, 1924 as Rikuzen-Nakata Station (陸前中田駅). It adopted its present name on May 25, 1963. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 9,884 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area

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 December 2016.

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