Miyaginohara Station

Miyaginohara Station (宮城野原駅, Miyaginohara-eki) is an underground railway station on the Senseki Line in Miyagino-ku in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Miyaginohara Station

宮城野原駅
Entrance to Miyaginohara Station, May 2006
Location2-4-1 Miyagino, Miyagino-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken 983-0045
Japan
Coordinates38.2611°N 140.9052°E / 38.2611; 140.9052
Operated by JR East
Line(s)■ Senseki Line
Distance2.4 km from Aoba-dōri
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Other information
StatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened1 January 1925
Rebuilt2000
Traffic
Passengers (FY2018)6,070 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station
Tsutsujigaoka
toward Aoba-dori
 Senseki Line Rikuzen-Haranomachi
toward Ishinomaki
Location
Miyaginohara Station
Location within Miyagi Prefecture
Miyaginohara Station
Miyaginohara Station (Japan)

Lines

Miyaginohara Station is served by the Senseki Line. It is located 2.4 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Senseki Line at Aoba-dōri.

Station layout

The station is an underground station with one island platform serving two tracks. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms
1 ■ Senseki Line for Tagajō, Matsushima-Kaigan, and Takagimachi
2 ■ Senseki Line for Sendai and Aoba-dōri

History

Miyaginohara Station opened on January 1, 1926, as a station on the Miyagi Electric Railway. The line was nationalized on May 1, 1944. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987. The station was relocated underground in 2000, some 150 meters to the southeast of its former location.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 6,070 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area
  • Miyagi Baseball Stadium
  • Sendai City Athletic Stadium
  • Sendai Ikuei Gakuen High School Miyaginohara Campus

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.
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