Kita-Sendai Station
N06 Kita-Sendai Station 北仙台駅 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | Shōwa-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°16′54″N 140°52′09″E / 38.281667°N 140.869194°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Station code | N06 (Namboku Line) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 29 September 1929 (JR) 15 July 1987 (Subway) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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FY2018 (Daily) | 4,825 (JR) 8,510 (Subway) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kita-Sendai Station (北仙台駅, Kita-Sendai eki) is a junction railway station in Aoba-ku, Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the Sendai Subway. The subway and JR lines are not directly connected, however, the distance between the two stations is only around one hundred metres.
Lines
[edit]Kita-Sendai Station is served by the Senzan Line, and is located 4.8 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Sendai. It is also 5.4 kilometers from the terminus of the Sendai Subway Namboku Line at Izumi-Chūō.
Station layout
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Kita-Sendai Station has a single aboveground island platform serving JR East, and a single underground island platform serving the Sendai Subway. The JR East portion of the station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
JR East platforms
[edit]1 | ■ Senzan Line | for Sakunami, Yamadera, and Yamagata |
2 | ■ Senzan Line | for Sendai |
Sendai Subway platforms
[edit]1 | ■ Namboku Line | ■ for Sendai and Tomizawa |
2 | ■ Nanboku Line | ■ for Izumi-Chūō |
History
[edit]Kita-Sendai Station opened on 29 September 1929. The station became part of the JR East network with the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987. The Sendai Subway station opened on 15 July 1987.
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2018, the JR East portion of the station was used by an average of 4,825 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1] In fiscal 2015, the Sendai Subway portion of the station was used by an average of 8,510 passengers daily.[2]
Surrounding area
[edit]- Sendai City Martial Arts Hall & Aoba Gymnasium
- Kita-Sendai Post Office
- Aoba Shrine
- Kamisugiyama Junior High School
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
- ^ 仙台市地下鉄 駅別乗車人員の推移 [Sendai city underground station passenger statistics] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Sendai city. 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
External links
[edit] Media related to Kita-Sendai Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (JR East) (in Japanese)
- Official website (Sendai Subway) (in Japanese)