Wakuya Station

Wakuya Station
涌谷駅
Wakuya Station, April 2013
Location Shinmachi-ura 124, Wakuya-machi, Tōda-gun Miyagi-ken 987-0114
Japan
Coordinates 38°32′17″N 141°07′38″E / 38.538033°N 141.127306°E / 38.538033; 141.127306Coordinates: 38°32′17″N 141°07′38″E / 38.538033°N 141.127306°E / 38.538033; 141.127306
Operated by JR East
Line(s) ■ Ishinomaki Line
Distance 6.2 km from Kogota
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type At grade
Other information
Status Staffed
Website Official website
History
Opened October 28, 1912
Rebuilt 2013
Traffic
Passengers (FY2016) 561
Location
Wakuya Station
Location within Japan

Wakuya Station (涌谷駅, Wakuya-eki) is a railway station in the town of Wakuya, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Wakuya Station is served by the Ishinomaki Line, and is located 6.2 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kogota Station. Some through traffic on the Kesennuma Line connected to Kogota Station past the nominal terminus of the line at Maeyachi Station also use this station.

Station layout

Wakuya Station has two opposed ground-level side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

Platforms

1 ■ Ishinomaki Line for Ishinomaki and Onagawa
2 ■ Ishinomaki Line for Kogota

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Ishinomaki Line
Kami-Wakuya   Local   Maeyachi

History

Wakuya Station opened on October 28, 1912. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987. A new station building was completed in May 2013.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 561 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 July 2017.
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