Tsutsujigaoka Station (Miyagi)

Tsutsujigaoka Station
榴ヶ岡駅
The station entrance in March 2008
Location 5-11-1 Tsutsujigaoka, Miyagino-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken 83-0852
Japan
Coordinates 38°15′31″N 140°53′38″E / 38.2587°N 140.8940°E / 38.2587; 140.8940Coordinates: 38°15′31″N 140°53′38″E / 38.2587°N 140.8940°E / 38.2587; 140.8940
Operated by JR East
Line(s) ■ Senseki Line
Distance 1.3 km from Aoba-dōri
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Other information
Status Staffed
Website Official website
History
Opened 5 June 1925
Rebuilt 1991
Traffic
Passengers (FY2016) 3,258 daily
Location
Tsutsujigaoka Station
Location within Japan

Tsutsujigaoka Station (榴ヶ岡駅, Tsutsujigaoka-eki) is an underground railway station in Miyagino-ku in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Tsutsujigaoka Station is served by the Senseki Line, and is located 1.3 kilometers from the terminus of the Senseki Line at Aoba-dōri.

Station layout

Tsutsujigaoka Station is an underground station with one island platform serving two tracks.

Platforms

1 ■ Senseki Line for Tagajō, Matsushima-Kaigan, and Takagimachi
2 ■ Senseki Line for Sendai and Aoba-dōri

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Senseki Line
Sendai   Local   Miyaginohara

History

Tsutsujigaoka Station opened on June 5, 1925, as a station on the Miyagi Electric Railway. The line was nationalized on May 1, 1944. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987. The station was relocated underground in 1991.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 3,258 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area

  • Tsutsujigaoka Park
  • Tsutsujigaoka Post Office

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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