Kita-Sendai Station

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.

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Kita-Sendai Station

北仙台駅
Kita-Sendai Station
LocationShōwa-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken
Japan
Coordinates38°16′54″N 140°52′09″E
Operated by
Line(s)
ConnectionsBus stop}
Other information
StatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Station codeN06 (Namboku Line)
History
Opened29 September 1929 (JR)
15 July 1987 (Subway)
Passengers
FY20184,825 (JR))
8,510 (Subway) daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station
Kunimi
toward Yamagata
 Senzan Line
Rapid A B
 Sendai
Terminus
Kitayama
toward Yamagata
 Senzan Line
Rapid C
Local
 Tōshōgū
toward Sendai
Preceding station Sendai Subway Following station
Kita-Yobanchō
N07
toward Tomizawa
 Namboku Line Dainohara
N05
toward Izumi-Chūō
Location
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Kita-Sendai Station
Location within Miyagi Prefecture
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Kita-Sendai Station
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Kita-Sendai Station (Japan)

Lines

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
Kita-Sendai Station Namboku Line platform in July 2016

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
1 ■ Senzan Line for Sakunami, Yamadera, and Yamagata
2 ■ Senzan Line for Sendai

Sendai Subway platforms
1 ■ Namboku Line ■ for Sendai and Tomizawa
2 ■ Nanboku Line ■ for Izumi-Chūō

History

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

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
  • Sendai City Martial Arts Hall & Aoba Gymnasium
  • Kita-Sendai Post Office
  • Aoba Shrine
  • Kamisugiyama Junior High School

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. 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  2. 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.

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