Nagamachi Station
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N15 Nagamachi Station 長町駅 | |||||
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 Entrance to Sendai Subway Nagamachi Station, July 2005 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | 5 Nagamachi, Taihaku-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 38°13′35″N 140°53′8″E / 38.22639°N 140.88556°E | ||||
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| Platforms | 2 island platforms | ||||
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| Status | Staffed ("Midori no Madoguchi") | ||||
| Station code | N15 (Namboku Line) | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | November 2, 1894 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| FY2015 | 8,506 (JR East) 7,220 (Sendai Subway) daily | ||||
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Nagamachi Station (長町駅, Nagamachi-eki) is a railway station on the Tōhoku Main Line in Taihaku-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the Sendai Subway.
Lines
Nagamachi Station is served by the Sendai Subway Nanboku Line, and on JR East's Joban Line and Tohoku Main Line. The Sendai Airport Access Line uses the same tracks, but passes through the station without stopping. The subway and JR lines are not directly connected; however, the distance between the two stations is only around two hundred metres. It is 347.3 kilometers from the terminus of the Tohoku Main Line at Tokyo and 12.4 kilometers from the terminus of the Sendai Subway Namboku Line at Izumi-Chūō.
Station layout
JR Nagamachi Station is an elevated station with one island platform, and the station building located underneath. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office. The Sendai Subway portion of the station has a single underground island platform.
JR East platforms
| 1 | ■ Tohoku Main Line | for Sendai, Rifu, Matsushima, and Kogota |
| 2 | ■ Tohoku Main Line | for Shiroishi and Fukushima |
| ■ Joban Line | for Iwanuma and Haranomachi |
Sendai Subway platforms
| 1 | ■ Namboku Line | ■ for Tomizawa |
| 2 | ■ Namboku Line | ■ for Sendai and Izumi-Chūō |
History
Nagamachi Station opened on November 2, 1894 as a military station of Nippon Railway.[1] It was opened to the general public on February 21, 1896.[1] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.[1] The subway station opened on June 15, 1987.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2015, the JR East station was used by an average of 8,506 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2] In the same year, the Sendai Subway station was used by an average of 7,220 passengers daily.[3]
Surrounding area
- National Route 4
- National Route 286
- Sendai-Taihaihaku Ward Office
- Sendai-Nitta Post Office
References
- ^ a b c Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 405. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
- ^ 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. 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
External links
- JR East Station information (in Japanese)
- Sendai Subway Station information (in Japanese)