Nagamachi Station

N15
Nagamachi Station

長町駅
N15; Nagamachi Station; 長町駅
JR East station; Sendai Subway station
	Entrance to Sendai Subway Nagamachi Station, July 2005
General information
Location	5 Nagamachi, Taihaku-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken; Japan
Coordinates	38°13′35″N 140°53′8″E / 38.22639°N 140.88556°E
Operated by	JR East; Sendai City Transportation Bureau;
Line(s)	■Tohoku Main Line; ■Joban Line; ■Sendai Airport Line; Namboku Line;
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	4
Other information
Status	Staffed ("Midori no Madoguchi")
Station code	N15 (Namboku Line)
History
Opened	2 November 1894
Passengers
FY2018 (Daily)	9,513 (JR East); 8,477 (Sendai Subway)
Services
Location
	N15; Nagamachi Station Location within Miyagi Prefecture N15; Nagamachi Station N15; Nagamachi Station (Japan)

Nagamachi Station (長町駅, Nagamachi-eki) is a junction railway station in Taihaku-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the Sendai Subway.

Lines

Nagamachi Station is served by the Sendai Subway Nanboku Line, and on JR East's Joban Line and Tohoku Main Line. The Sendai Airport Access Line uses the same tracks, but passes through the station without stopping. The subway and JR lines are not directly connected; however, the distance between the two stations is only around two hundred metres. It is 347.3 kilometers from the terminus of the Tohoku Main Line at Tokyo and 12.4 kilometers from the terminus of the Sendai Subway Namboku Line at Izumi-Chūō.

Station layout

JR Nagamachi Station is an elevated station with one island platform, and the station building located underneath. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office. The Sendai Subway portion of the station has a single underground island platform.

JR East platforms

1	■ Tohoku Main Line	for Sendai, Rifu, Matsushima, and Kogota
2	■ Tohoku Main Line	for Shiroishi and Fukushima
2	■ Joban Line	for Iwanuma and Haranomachi

The Sendai Subway platforms in October 2015

Sendai Subway platforms

1	■ Namboku Line	■ for Tomizawa
2	■ Namboku Line	■ for Sendai and Izumi-Chūō

History

Nagamachi Station opened on November 2, 1894, as a military station of Nippon Railway.^[1] It was opened to the general public on February 21, 1896.^[1] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.^[1] The subway station opened on June 15, 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the JR East station was used by an average of 9,513 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[2] In the same year, the Sendai Subway station was used by an average of 8,477 passengers daily.^[3]

Surrounding area

National Route 4
National Route 286
Sendai-Taihaku Ward Office
Sendai-Nitta Post Office

References

1 2 3 Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 405. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
↑ 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.
↑ 仙台市地下鉄駅別乗車人員の推移 [Sendai city underground station passenger statistics] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Sendai city. 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2020.

External links

JR East Station information (in Japanese)
Sendai Subway Station information (in Japanese)

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[teishajo-1] 1 2 3 Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 405. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

[jreast2018stats-2] 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.

[Sendai2018stats-3] 仙台市地下鉄駅別乗車人員の推移 [Sendai city underground station passenger statistics] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Sendai city. 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2020.

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