Watari Station (Miyagi)
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Watari Station 亘理駅 | ||||||||||||||||
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 Watari Station in December 2008 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Tanishi, Watari-machi, Watari-gun, Miyagi-ken 989-2351 Japan | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°02′23″N 140°51′41″E / 38.0396°N 140.8613°E | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Jōban Line | |||||||||||||||
| Distance | 334.6 km from Nippori | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed ("Midori no Madoguchi") | |||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 10 November 1897 | |||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
| FY2018 | 2130 daily | |||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]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
[edit]The station has two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge and a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Platforms
[edit]| 1 | ■ Jōban Line | for Iwanuma and Sendai for Haranomachi |
| 2 | ■ Jōban Line | (currently not in use) |
History
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- Watari Town Hall
- Watari Post Office
See also
[edit]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
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Media related to Watari Station (Miyagi) at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)