Nigatake Station

Nigatake Station (苦竹駅, Nigatake-eki) is a railway station in Miyagino-ku in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Nigatake Station

苦竹駅
Nigatake Station, March 2008
Location1-7-33 Nigatake, Miyagino-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken 983-0036
Japan
Coordinates38.2685°N 140.9187°E / 38.2685; 140.9187
Operated by JR East
Line(s)■ Senseki Line
Distance4.0 km from Aoba-dōri
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
StatusStaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
OpenedMay 15, 1928
Rebuilt2003
Previous namesShinden Station (to 1943)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2018)2969 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station
Rikuzen-Haranomachi
toward Aoba-dori
 Senseki Line Kozurushinden
toward Ishinomaki
Location
Nigatake Station
Location within Miyagi Prefecture
Nigatake Station
Nigatake Station (Japan)

Lines

Nigatake Station is served by the Senseki Line. It is located 4.0 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Senseki Line at Aoba-dōri.

Station layout

The station has two elevated opposed side platforms with the station building located underneath the platforms.

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

History

Nigatake Station opened on May 15, 1928 as Shinden Station (神殿駅) on the Miyagi Electric Railway. The station renamed to its present name on February 8, 1943. 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.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 2,969 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area
  • Sendai Nigatake Police Office
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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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