Nagamachi Station

Nagamachi Station (長町駅, Nagamachi-eki) is a junction railway station in Taihaku-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the Sendai Subway.

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Nagamachi Station

長町駅
Entrance to Sendai Subway Nagamachi Station, July 2005
Location5 Nagamachi, Taihaku-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken
Japan
Coordinates38°13′35″N 140°53′8″E
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms2 island platforms
Other information
StatusStaffed ("Midori no Madoguchi")
Station codeN15 (Namboku Line)
History
OpenedNovember 2, 1894
Passengers
FY20189,513 (JR East)
8,477 (Sendai Subway) daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station
Minami-Sendai
toward Fukushima
Tōhoku Main Line
Rapid City Rabbit
Sendai
Terminus
Taishidō
toward Kuroiso
Tōhoku Main Line
Local
Sendai
toward Morioka
Taishidō
toward Shinagawa
Jōban Line
Local-Futsuu
Sendai
Terminus
Preceding station Sendai Subway Following station
Nagamachi-Minami
N16
toward Tomizawa
Namboku Line Nagamachi-Itchōme
N14
Preceding station Sendai Airport Transit Following station
Taishidō Sendai Airport Line
Local
Sendai
Terminus
Location
N15
Nagamachi Station
Location within Miyagi Prefecture
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Nagamachi Station
N15
Nagamachi Station (Japan)

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
The Sendai Subway platforms in October 2015

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 2018, the JR East station was used by an average of 9,513 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2] In the same year, the Sendai Subway station was used by an average of 8,477 passengers daily.[3]

Surrounding area

References

  1. 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). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 405. ISBN 4533029809.
  2. 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.
  3. 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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