Nagamachi Station
Railway and metro station in Sendai, Japan
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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.
Japan
JR East station
Sendai Subway stationN15 Nagamachi Station 長町駅 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 5 Nagamachi, Taihaku-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°13′35″N 140°53′8″E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| System | JR East station Sendai Subway station | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 island platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed ("Midori no Madoguchi") | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Station code | N15 (Namboku Line) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 2 November 1894 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY2018 (Daily) | 9,513 (JR East) 8,477 (Sendai Subway) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lines
Nagamachi Station is served by the Sendai Subway Namboku 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 |
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 the 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
Surrounding area
National Route 4
National Route 286- Sendai-Taihaku Ward Office
- Sendai-Nitta Post Office
