Watari Station (Miyagi)

Coordinates: 38°02′23″N 140°51′41″E / 38.0396°N 140.8613°E / 38.0396; 140.8613
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Watari Station

亘理駅
Midori no Madoguchi")
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened10 November 1897; 126 years ago (1897-11-10)
Passengers
FY20182130 daily
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Soma
towards Shinagawa
Hitachi Iwanuma
towards Sendai
Hamayoshida
towards Shinagawa
Jōban Line
Local-Futsuu
Ōkuma
towards Sendai
Location
Watari Station is located in Miyagi Prefecture
Watari Station
Watari Station
Location within Miyagi Prefecture
Watari Station is located in Japan
Watari Station
Watari Station
Watari Station (Japan)

Watari Station (亘理駅, Watari-eki) is a

railway station in the town of Watari, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company
(JR East).

Lines

Watari Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 334.6 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Nippori in Tokyo.

Station layout

The station has two opposed

Midori no Madoguchi
staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1  Jōban Line for Iwanuma and Sendai
for Haranomachi
2  Jōban Line (currently not in use)

History

Watari Station opened on 10 November 1897. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987. The station building was rebuilt in 2008 in the form of a faux Japanese castle, and incorporates the Watari Town Library and the Watari Local History Museum.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the JR East portion of the station was used by an average of 2,130 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1] The

Surrounding area

  • Watari Town Hall
  • Watari Post Office

See also

  • List of Railway Stations in Japan

References

  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.

External links

Media related to Watari Station (Miyagi) at Wikimedia Commons