Wakuya Station
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Wakuya Station 涌谷駅 | |||||||||||||||
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![]() Wakuya Station, April 2013 | |||||||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||||||
Location | Shinmachi-ura 124, Wakuya-machi, Tōda-gun Miyagi-ken 987-0114 Japan | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°32′17″N 141°07′38″E / 38.538033°N 141.127306°E | ||||||||||||||
Operated by | ![]() | ||||||||||||||
Line(s) | ■ Ishinomaki Line | ||||||||||||||
Distance | 6.2 km from Kogota | ||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||||||
Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||||||
Status | Staffed | ||||||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||
Opened | October 28, 1912 | ||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 2013 | ||||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||||
FY2018 | 559 | ||||||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||||||
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Wakuya Station (涌谷駅, Wakuya-eki) is a railway station in the town of Wakuya, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
[edit]Wakuya Station is served by the Ishinomaki Line, and is located 6.2 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kogota Station.
Station layout
[edit]The station has two opposed ground-level side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.
Platforms
[edit]1 | ■ Ishinomaki Line | for Ishinomaki and Onagawa |
2 | ■ Ishinomaki Line | for Kogota |
History
[edit]Wakuya Station opened on October 28, 1912. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987. A new station building was completed in May 2013.
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal year 2018, the station was used by an average of 559 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Surrounding area
[edit]- Wakuya Town Hall
- Wakuya Post Office
National Route 108
National Route 346
- Shiroyama Castle Site
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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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- Official website (in Japanese)