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 |  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 | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 10 November 1897 | |||||||||||||||
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| FY2018 | 2130 daily | |||||||||||||||
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  Watari Station Location within Miyagi Prefecture  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).
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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 side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a 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
References
- ^ 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
- Official website (in Japanese)
This page was last edited on 14 December 2022, at 05:03