Tsukinoki Station

Tsukinoki Station
槻木駅
Tsukinoki Station, June 2007
Location 1-1-1 Tsukinoki-shinmachi, Shibata-machi, Shibata-gun, Miyagi-ken 989-1751
Japan
Coordinates 38°04′43.04″N 140°48′35.83″E / 38.0786222°N 140.8099528°E / 38.0786222; 140.8099528Coordinates: 38°04′43.04″N 140°48′35.83″E / 38.0786222°N 140.8099528°E / 38.0786222; 140.8099528
Operated by
Line(s)
Distance 327.7 km from Tokyo
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Other information
Status Staffed ("Midori no Madoguchi")
Website Official website
History
Opened January 12, 1891
Traffic
Passengers
  • 2833 daily (JR East FY 2016)
  • 1195 daily (Abukuma, FY2015)
Location
Tsukinoki Station
Location within Japan

Tsukinoki Station (槻木駅, Tsukinoki-eki) is a railway station on the Tōhoku Main Line in the town of Shibata, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the third-sector AbukumaExpress.

Lines

Tsukinoki Station is served by the Tōhoku Main Line, and is located 327.7 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Tokyo. It is also a terminal station for the Abukuma Express Line and is 54.9 rail kilometers from the opposing terminal atFukushima.

Station layout

Tsukinoki Station has two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1 ■ Tōhoku Main Line for Shiroishi, Fukushima and Kōriyama
2 ■ Abukuma Express Line for Kakuda, Marumori and Yanagawa
3 ■ Tōhoku Main Line for Iwanuma, Natori and Sendai

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Tōhoku Main Line
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Funaoka   Local   Iwanuma
Abukuma Express Line
Higashi-Funaoka   Local   Terminus

History

Tsukinoki Station opened on January 12, 1891. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. A new station building was completed in June 1998.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the JR East portion of the station was used by an average of 2,833 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1] The Abukuma Express portion of the station was used by an average of 1,195 passengers daily in FY2015.

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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