Kita-Sendai_Station Knowpia

N06
Kita-Sendai Station

北仙台駅
N06; Kita-Sendai Station; 北仙台駅
JR East station; Sendai Subway station
	JR Line Platform in July 2022
General information
Location	Shōwa-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken; Japan
Coordinates	38°16′54″N 140°52′09″E / 38.281667°N 140.869194°E
Operated by	Sendai Subway station; Sendai City Transportation Bureau;
Line(s)	■ Senzan Line; Namboku Line;
Connections	Bus stop
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Station code	N06 (Namboku Line)
History
Opened	29 September 1929 (JR); 15 July 1987 (Subway)
Passengers
FY2018 (Daily)	4,825 (JR); 8,510 (Subway)
Services
Location
	N06; Kita-Sendai Station Location within Miyagi Prefecture N06; Kita-Sendai Station N06; Kita-Sendai Station (Japan)

Kita-Sendai Station (北仙台駅, Kita-Sendai eki) is a junction railway station in Aoba-ku, Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the Sendai Subway. The subway and JR lines are not directly connected, however, the distance between the two stations is only around one hundred metres.

Lines edit

Kita-Sendai Station is served by the Senzan Line, and is located 4.8 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Sendai. It is also 5.4 kilometers from the terminus of the Sendai Subway Namboku Line at Izumi-Chūō.

Station layout edit

Kita-Sendai Station Namboku Line platform in July 2016

Kita-Sendai Station has a single aboveground island platform serving JR East, and a single underground island platform serving the Sendai Subway. The JR East portion of the station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

JR East platforms edit

1	■ Senzan Line	for Sakunami, Yamadera, and Yamagata
2	■ Senzan Line	for Sendai

Sendai Subway platforms edit

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

History edit

Kita-Sendai Station opened on 29 September 1929. The station became part of the JR East network with the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987. The Sendai Subway station opened on 15 July 1987.

Passenger statistics edit

In fiscal 2018, the JR East portion of the station was used by an average of 4,825 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1] In fiscal 2015, the Sendai Subway portion of the station was used by an average of 8,510 passengers daily.^[2]

Surrounding area edit

Sendai City Martial Arts Hall & Aoba Gymnasium
Kita-Sendai Post Office
Aoba Shrine
Kamisugiyama Junior High School

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.
^ 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.