is a

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in the city of

Tagajō is a city located in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 62,869 in 27,869 households, and a population density of 3,200 people per km². The total area of the city is . The city was named after Taga Castle, the c ...

Miyagi Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. Miyagi Prefecture has a population of 2,265,724 (1 August 2023) and has a geographic area of . Miyagi Prefecture borders Iwate Prefecture to the north, Akit ...

, Japan, operated by

East Japan Railway Company The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in ...

(JR East).

Lines

Geba Station is served by the

Senseki Line The is a railway line in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, owned and operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It connects Aoba-dōri Station in Sendai to Ishinomaki Station in Ishinomaki, and provides access to the central coast areas of ...

. It is located 14.4 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Senseki Line at

Aoba-dōri Station is a JR East railway station located in Aoba-ku in Sendai, Miyagi. Its official English name is Aobadori Avenue. There is a direct transfer gate between the platform of this station to the platform of the Sendai Subway Namboku Line in Sendai ...

Station layout

The station has two opposed

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s connected by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

Platforms

History

Geba Station opened on August 1, 1932 as a station on the Miyagi Electric Railway. The line was nationalized on May 1, 1944. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the

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on April 1, 1987. A new station building was completed in November 2013.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 3,762 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

*Geba Post Office *

References

External links

* {{Senseki Line Railway stations in Miyagi Prefecture Senseki Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1932 Stations of East Japan Railway Company Tagajō, Miyagi