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).
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Nigatake Station 苦竹駅 | |||||||||||
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![]() Nigatake Station, March 2008 | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | 1-7-33 Nigatake, Miyagino-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken 983-0036 Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 38.2685°N 140.9187°E / 38.2685; 140.9187 | ||||||||||
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Line(s) | ■ Senseki Line | ||||||||||
Distance | 4.0 km from Aoba-dōri | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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Status | Staffed | ||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | May 15, 1928 | ||||||||||
Rebuilt | 2003 | ||||||||||
Previous names | Shinden Station (to 1943) | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
FY2018 | 2969 daily | ||||||||||
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![]() ![]() Nigatake Station Location within Miyagi Prefecture Show map of Miyagi Prefecture![]() ![]() Nigatake Station Nigatake Station (Japan) Show map of Japan |
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.
The station has two elevated opposed side platforms with the station building located underneath the platforms.
1 | ■ Senseki Line | for Tagajō, Matsushima-Kaigan, Takagimachi |
2 | ■ Senseki Line | for Sendai and Aoba-dōri |
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.
In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 2,969 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
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