Tsukinoki Station
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Tsukinoki Station 槻木駅 | |||||
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 Tsukinoki Station, June 2007 | |||||
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| Location | 1-1-1 Tsukinoki-shinmachi, Shibata-machi, Shibata-gun, Miyagi-ken 989-1751 Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 38°04′43.04″N 140°48′35.83″E / 38.0786222°N 140.8099528°E | ||||
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| Distance | 327.7 km from Tokyo | ||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||
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| Status | Staffed ("Midori no Madoguchi") | ||||
| Website | Official website | ||||
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| Opened | January 12, 1891 | ||||
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Tsukinoki Station (槻木駅, Tsukinoki-eki) is a railway station on the Tōhoku Main Line in the town of Shibata, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the third-sector AbukumaExpress.
Lines
Tsukinoki Station is served by the Tōhoku Main Line, and is located 327.7 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Tokyo. It is also a terminal station for the Abukuma Express Line and is 54.9 rail kilometers from the opposing terminal atFukushima.
Station layout
Tsukinoki 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 | ■ Tōhoku Main Line | for Shiroishi, Fukushima and Kōriyama |
| 2 | ■ Abukuma Express Line | for Kakuda, Marumori and Yanagawa |
| 3 | ■ Tōhoku Main Line | for Iwanuma, Natori and Sendai |
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
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| Tōhoku Main Line | ||||
| Rapid: Does not stop at this station | ||||
| Funaoka | Local | Iwanuma | ||
| Abukuma Express Line | ||||
| Higashi-Funaoka | Local | Terminus | ||
History
Tsukinoki Station opened on January 12, 1891. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. A new station building was completed in June 1998.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2016, the JR East portion of the station was used by an average of 2,833 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1] The Abukuma Express portion of the station was used by an average of 1,195 passengers daily in FY2015.
Surrounding area
- Japan National Route 4
- Tsukinoki Post Office
See also
References
- ^ 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.
External links
Media related to Tsukinoki Station at Wikimedia Commons