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Tsukinoki Station

Coordinates: 38°04′43.04″N 140°48′35.83″E / 38.0786222°N 140.8099528°E / 38.0786222; 140.8099528
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Tsukinoki Station

槻木駅
Tsukinoki Station, June 2007
General information
Location1-1-1 Tsukinoki-shinmachi, Shibata-machi, Shibata-gun, Miyagi-ken 989-1751
Japan
Coordinates38°04′43.04″N 140°48′35.83″E / 38.0786222°N 140.8099528°E / 38.0786222; 140.8099528
Operated by
Line(s)
Distance327.7 km from Tokyo
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
StatusStaffed ("Midori no Madoguchi")
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened12 January 1891; 133 years ago (1891-01-12)
Passengers
  • 2843 daily (JR East FY 2018)
  • 1195 daily (Abukuma, FY2015)
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Funaoka
towards Fukushima
Tōhoku Main Line
Rapid City Rabbit
Iwanuma
towards Sendai
Funaoka
towards Kuroiso
Tōhoku Main Line
Local
Iwanuma
towards Morioka
Preceding station AbukumaExpress Following station
Higashi-Funaoka
toward Fukushima
Abukuma Express Line Terminus
Location
Tsukinoki Station is located in Miyagi Prefecture
Tsukinoki Station
Tsukinoki Station
Location within Miyagi Prefecture
Tsukinoki Station is located in Japan
Tsukinoki Station
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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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See also

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References

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  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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