Watari Station (Miyagi)

Watari Station
亘理駅
Watari Station in December 2008
Location Tanishi, Watari-machi, Watari-gun, Miyagi-ken 989-2351
Japan
Coordinates 38°02′23″N 140°51′41″E / 38.0396°N 140.8613°E / 38.0396; 140.8613Coordinates: 38°02′23″N 140°51′41″E / 38.0396°N 140.8613°E / 38.0396; 140.8613
Operated by JR East
Line(s) ■ Tōhoku Main Line
Distance 334.6 km from Nippori
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Other information
Status Staffed ("Midori no Madoguchi")
Website Official website
History
Opened November 10, 1897
Traffic
Passengers (FY2016) 2135 daily
Location
Watari Station
Location within Japan

}} Watari Station (亘理駅, Watari-eki) is a railway station operated by JR East in the town of Watari, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

Watari Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 334.6 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Nippori in Tokyo.

Station layout

Watari 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 ■ Jōban Line for Iwanuma and Sendai
for Haranomachi
2 ■ Jōban Line (currently not in use)

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Joban Line
Hamayoshida Local Ōkuma

History

Watari Station opened on November 10, 1897. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. Following severe damage in the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami operation on the Joban Line between Hamayoshida Station and Soma Station are currently suspended, and are not expected to resume until after 2017.[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the JR East portion of the station was used by an average of 2,135 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2] The Abukuma Express portion of the station was used by an average of 1,195 passengers daily in FY2015.

Surrounding area

  • Watari Town Hall
  • Watari Post Office

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.jrmito.com/press/120927/20120927_press.pdf
  2. ↑ 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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