Kita-Sendai Station

N06
Kita-Sendai Station

北仙台駅
Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East station
The logo of the Sendai City Subway. Sendai Subway station
300
JR Line Platform in July 2022
General information
LocationShōwa-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken
Japan
Coordinates38°16′54″N 140°52′09″E / 38.281667°N 140.869194°E / 38.281667; 140.869194
Operated by
Line(s)
ConnectionsBus interchange Bus stop
Other information
StatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Station codeN06 (Namboku Line)
History
Opened29 September 1929 (JR)
15 July 1987 (Subway)
Passengers
FY2018 (Daily)4,825 (JR)
8,510 (Subway)
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Kunimi
towards Yamagata
 Senzan Line
Rapid A B
 Sendai
Terminus
Kitayama
towards Yamagata
 Senzan Line
Rapid C
Local
 Tōshōgū
towards Sendai
Preceding station The logo of the Sendai City Subway. Sendai Subway Following station
Kita-Yobanchō
N07
towards Tomizawa
 Namboku Line Dainohara
N05
towards Izumi-Chūō
Location
N06 Kita-Sendai Station is located in Miyagi Prefecture
N06 Kita-Sendai Station
N06
Kita-Sendai Station
Location within Miyagi Prefecture
N06 Kita-Sendai Station is located in Japan
N06 Kita-Sendai Station
N06
Kita-Sendai Station
N06
Kita-Sendai Station (Japan)

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.

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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