Miyaginohara Station

Railway station in Sendai, Japan
38°15′40″N 140°54′19″E / 38.2611°N 140.9052°E / 38.2611; 140.9052Operated by JR EastLine(s)■ Senseki LineDistance2.4 km from Aoba-dōriPlatforms1 island platformTracks2Other informationStatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi)WebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpened1 January 1925Rebuilt2000PassengersFY20186,070 daily Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Tsutsujigaoka
towards Aoba-dori
 Senseki Line Rikuzen-Haranomachi
towards Ishinomaki
Location
Miyaginohara Station is located in Miyagi Prefecture
Miyaginohara Station
Miyaginohara Station
Location within Miyagi Prefecture
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Miyaginohara Station is located in Japan
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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).

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. As the station is the closest railway station to Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi, home of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, logos of the team, images of their players, as well as art of their mascots, Clutch and Clutchyna, are shown prominently in the station, as well as having the model of the team's cap on top of the entrance. Clutch is drawn in the platform for the 2nd platform, while Clutchyna is drawn on the 1st platform.

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. On March 26, 2010, the station added its own departure melody, which is a part of the theme song of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 6,070 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. ^ "Wayback Machine" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 November 2010. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
  2. ^ 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.

External links

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Stations of the Senseki Line