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railway station
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in the city of
Natori, Miyagi
is a city located in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 79,459 in 31,748 households, and a population density of 810 persons per km². The total area of the city is .
Geography
Natori is in east-central Miyagi ...
, 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). The station also has a freight terminal operated by the
Japan Freight Railway Company
, or , is one of the seven constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It provides transportation of cargo nationwide throughout Japan. Its headquarters are in Shibuya, Tokyo near Shinjuku Station.
The Japan Railways Group was foun ...
.
Lines
Natori Station is served by the
Tōhoku Main Line
The Tōhoku Main Line () is a railway line in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The line starts from Tokyo Station in Chiyoda, Tokyo and passes through such cities as Saitama, Saitama, Saitama, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Uts ...
, and is located 341.4 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at . It is also served by the
Joban Line, whose trains run past the official terminus at
Iwanuma Station on to , and is the terminal station for the
Sendai Airport Line.
Station layout
The station has one
side platform
A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms, ...
and one
island platform
An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway inte ...
, serving three tracks in total, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a ''
Midori no Madoguchi
, short for ''Magnetic-electronic Automatic'' ''Reservation System,'' is a train ticket reservation system used by the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and travel agencies in Japan. It was developed jointly by Hitachi and the former Ja ...
'' staffed ticket office.
Platforms
History
Natori Station opened on October 11, 1888 as . It adopted its present name on May 25, 1963. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the
privatization
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of the
Japanese National Railways
The , abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987.
Network Railways
As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pre ...
(JNR) on April 1, 1987.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 12,927 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
Surrounding area
*
*Natori City Hall
*Natori Post Office
*
Sapporo Beer Sendai Factory
* Sendai Beer Garden
See also
*
List of Railway Stations in Japan
References
External links
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Railway stations in Miyagi Prefecture
Tōhoku Main Line
Jōban Line
Sendai Airport Line
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1888
Stations of Japan Freight Railway Company
Stations of East Japan Railway Company
Natori, Miyagi