Wakuya Station
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Wakuya Station 涌谷駅 | |||||||||||||||
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 Wakuya Station, April 2013 | |||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Ishinomaki Line | ||||||||||||||
| Distance | 6.2 km from Kogota | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
| Opened | October 28, 1912 | ||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2013 | ||||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||||
| FY2018 | 559 | ||||||||||||||
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  Wakuya Station Location within Miyagi Prefecture  Wakuya Station Wakuya Station (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[edit]
Wakuya Station is served by the Ishinomaki Line, and is located 6.2 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kogota Station.
Station layout[edit]
The station has two opposed ground-level side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.
Platforms[edit]
| 1 | ■ Ishinomaki Line | for Ishinomaki and Onagawa |
| 2 | ■ Ishinomaki Line | for Kogota |
History[edit]
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[edit]
In fiscal year 2018, the station was used by an average of 559 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Surrounding area[edit]
- Wakuya Town Hall
- Wakuya Post Office
National Route 108
National Route 346- Shiroyama Castle Site
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.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wakuya Station.
- Official website (in Japanese)