Tagajō Station

Tagajō Station

多賀城駅
Tagajō Station; 多賀城駅
	Tagajō Station in November 2009
General information
Location	2-7-1 Chuo, Tagajō-shi, Miyagi-ken 985-0873; Japan
Coordinates	38°17′31″N 141°00′20″E / 38.2919°N 141.0055°E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Senseki Line
Distance	12.6 km from Aoba-dōri
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	June 5, 1925
Rebuilt	2013
Passengers
FY2018	7,201 daily
Services
Location
	Tagajō Station Location within Miyagi Prefecture Tagajō Station Tagajō Station (Japan)

Tagajō Station (多賀城駅, Tagajō-eki) is a railway station in the city of Tagajō, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines[edit]

Tagajō Station is served by the Senseki Line, and is located 12.6 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Aoba-dōri.

Station layout[edit]

The station has one elevated side platform and one elevated island platform with the station building underneath. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms[edit]

1-2	■ Senseki Line	for Sendai and Aoba-dōri
3	■ Senseki Line	for Matsushima-Kaigan and Takagimachi

History[edit]

Tagajō 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. A new station building was completed in November 2013.^{[citation needed]}

Passenger statistics[edit]

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 7,201 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

Surrounding area[edit]

Tagajō City Hall
Ruins of Tagajō Temple
Tagajō Post Office
National Route 45

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 Tagajo Station at Wikimedia Commons

Official website (in Japanese)

[jreast2018stats-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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