Minami-Sendai Station (南仙台駅, Minami-Sendai-eki) is a junction railway station in Taihaku-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Minami-Sendai Station is served by the Tōhoku Main Line, and is located 344.1 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Tokyo. It is also served by the Joban Line, whose trains run past the official terminus at Iwanuma Station on to Sendai and by the Sendai Airport Line.

Station layout

The station has a single side platform and a single island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1 ■ Tōhoku Main Line for Natori, Iwanuma, Shiroishi, Fukushima
■ Joban Line for Natori, Watari, Haranomachi
■ Sendai Airport Line for Sendai Airport
2 ■ Tōhoku Main Line for Sendai, Matsushima, Kogota
■ Sendai Airport Line for Sendai
3 ■ Tōhoku Main Line for Sendai

History

Minami-Sendai Station opened on September 10, 1924 as Rikuzen-Nakata Station (陸前中田駅). It adopted its present name on May 25, 1963. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 9,998 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2020.

External links

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