Tsukinoki Station

Tsukinoki Station

槻木駅
Tsukinoki Station; 槻木駅
	Tsukinoki Station, June 2007
General information
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
Operated by	JR East; AbukumaExpress;
Line(s)	■ Tōhoku Main Line; ■ Abukuma Express Line;
Distance	327.7 km from Tokyo
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Status	Staffed ("Midori no Madoguchi")
Website	Official website
History
Opened	12 January 1891; 133 years ago
Passengers
	2843 daily (JR East FY 2018); 1195 daily (Abukuma, FY2015);
Services
Location
	Tsukinoki Station Location within Miyagi Prefecture Tsukinoki Station Tsukinoki Station (Japan)

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.

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

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)

[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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