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Tsukinoki Station (槻木駅, Tsukinoki-eki) is a junction railway station in the town of Shibata, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the third-sector AbukumaExpress.
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Location | 1-1-1 Tsukinoki-shinmachi, Shibata-machi, Shibata-gun, Miyagi-ken 989-1751 Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°04′43.04″N 140°48′35.83″E / 38.0786222°N 140.8099528°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Distance | 327.7 km from Tokyo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Status | Staffed ("Midori no Madoguchi") | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | Official website | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 12 January 1891 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lines edit
Tsukinoki Station is served by the Tōhoku Main Line, and is located 327.7 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Tokyo. It is also a terminal station for the Abukuma Express Line and is 54.9 rail kilometers from the opposing terminal at Fukushima.
Station layout edit
The station has two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Platforms edit
1 | ■ Tōhoku Main Line | for Shiroishi, Fukushima and Kōriyama |
2 | ■ Abukuma Express Line | for Kakuda, Marumori and Yanagawa |
3 | ■ Tōhoku Main Line | for Iwanuma, Natori and Sendai |
History edit
Tsukinoki Station opened on 12 January 1891. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987. A new station building was completed in June 1998.
Passenger statistics edit
In fiscal 2018, the JR East portion of the station was used by an average of 2,843 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1] The Abukuma Express portion of the station was used by an average of 1,195 passengers daily in FY2015.
Surrounding area edit
- National Route 4
- Tsukinoki Post Office
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 edit
Media related to Tsukinoki Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)