Operated by JR East Passengers (FY 2013) 9,416 daily Opened 1888 | ||
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Previous names Rikuzen-Nakata (until 1963) Similar | ||
Minami-Sendai Station (南仙台駅, Minami-Sendai-eki) is a railway station on the Tōhoku Main Line in Taihaku-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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Lines
Minami-Sendai Station is served by the Tōhoku Main Line, and is located 344.1 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Tokyo Station. It is also served by the Joban Line, whose trains run past the official terminus at Iwanuma Station on to Sendai Station and by the Sendai Airport Line.
Station layout
Minami-Sendai Station has a single side platform and a single island platform connected to the station building by an overhead passageway. The station has a Green Window ticket counter.
History
Natori Station opened on September 10, 1924 as Rikuzen-Nakata Station (陸前中田駅). It adopted its present name on May 25, 1963. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.