Tsutsujigaoka Station (Miyagi)

Tsutsujigaoka Station (榴ヶ岡駅, Tsutsujigaoka-eki) is an underground railway station in Miyagino-ku in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Tsutsujigaoka Station

榴ヶ岡駅
The station entrance in March 2008
Location5-11-1 Tsutsujigaoka, Miyagino-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken 83-0852
Japan
Coordinates38.2587°N 140.8940°E / 38.2587; 140.8940
Operated by JR East
Line(s)■ Senseki Line
Distance1.3 km from Aoba-dōri
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Other information
StatusStaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened5 June 1925
Rebuilt1991
Traffic
Passengers (FY2018)3,295 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station
Sendai
toward Aoba-dori
 Senseki Line Miyaginohara
toward Ishinomaki
Location
Tsutsujigaoka Station
Location within Miyagi Prefecture
Tsutsujigaoka Station
Tsutsujigaoka Station (Japan)

Lines

Tsutsujigaoka Station is served by the Senseki Line, and is located 1.3 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.

Platforms
1 ■ Senseki Line for Tagajō, Matsushima-Kaigan, and Takagimachi
2 ■ Senseki Line for Sendai and Aoba-dōri
  • The platforms in August 2014

History

Tsutsujigaoka Station opened on June 5, 1925, 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 1991.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 3,295 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area
  • Tsutsujigaoka Park
  • Tsutsujigaoka Post 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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