Wakuya Station
Wakuya 涌谷 | |
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 Wakuya Station, April 2013 | |
| Location |
Shinmachi-ura 124, Wakuya, Tōda, Miyagi （宮城県遠田郡涌谷町字新町裏124） Japan |
| Operated by | JR East |
| Line(s) | |
| History | |
| Opened | 1912 |
Wakuya Station (涌谷駅 Wakuya-eki) is a railway station in Wakuya, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
Wakuya Station is served by the Ishinomaki Line, and is located 6.2 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kogota Station. Some through traffic on the Kesennuma Line connected to Kogota Station past the nominal terminus of the line at Maeyachi Station also use this station.
Station layout
Wakuya Station has two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by an overhead passageway.
Platforms
| 1 | ■ Ishinomaki Line | for Ishinomaki and Onagawa |
| 2 | ■ Ishinomaki Line | for Kogota |
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
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| Ishinomaki Line | ||||
| Kami-Wakuya | Local | Maeyachi | ||
History
Wakuya Station opened on October 28, 1912. 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 May 2013.
Surrounding area
- Wakuya Town Hall
- Wakuya Post Office
- Japan National Route 108
- Japan National Route 346
- Shiroyama Castle Site
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wakuya Station. |
- JR East Station information (Japanese)
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Coordinates: 38°32′17″N 141°07′38″E / 38.538033°N 141.127306°E