is a passenger

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located in the city of

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Kagoshima Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu and the Ryukyu Islands. Kagoshima Prefecture has a population of 1,527,019 (1 February 2025) and has a geographic area of 9,187 Square kilometre, km2 (3,547 Square m ...

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. It is operated by

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and the

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company

Hisatsu Orange Railway is a third-sector railway company which operates Hisatsu Orange Railway Line in Kumamoto and Kagoshima prefectures. The line follows the former part of the JR Kyushu Kagoshima Main Line that connected Yatsushiro and Sendai in Kumamoto and K ...

Lines

Sendai Station is served by the

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and

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, and is 242.8 kilometers from and 349.2 kilometers from . It was also the westernmost high-speed Shinkansen railway station in Japan, though this title was taken over by

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with the opening of the West Kyushu Shinkansen on 23 September 2022. It is the southern terminus of the Hisatsu Orange Railway Line and is 116.9 kilometers from the opposing terminus at .

Layout

The Shinkansen portion of the station consists of two ground-level opposed

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s with two tracks, while the conventional lines use one

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with two tracks, with platforms 1 and 2 (JR Kagoshima Main Line) in the southern half and platforms 3 and 4 (Hisatsu Orange Railway) in the northern half. In addition, there is one unused side platform on the station building side. The Shinkansen also has a storage track on the Kagoshima-Chuo side. The station building is elevated above the tracks and has a ''

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'' staffed ticket office.

Platforms

File:JR Kyushu Sendai Station East Entrance.JPG, East Entrance (2012) File:Sendai-sta gate.jpg, Local Line ticket barrier and Shinkansen connection ticket barrier (2006) File:JR Kyushu Sendai Station ticket barrier.JPG, Shinkansen ticket barrier (2012)

Adjacent stations

History

*June 1, 1914 - The station opened as on the Sendai Line.『''川内市史下巻''』 p.552 - Sendai City 1980 *1922 - Track from Sendai-Machi Station to Nishikata Station opens. *October 20, 1924 - Track from Sendai Station to Hiwaki Station is opened for as Miyanojo Line. *October 1, 1940 - Sendai-machi Station was renamed Sendai Station. *January 10, 1987 - Miyanojo line is abolished (From Sendai Station to Satsuma-Ōkuchi Station). *March 13, 2004 - Kyushu Shinkansen services began.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2020, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 2022 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 70th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu. During the same period, the Hisatsu Orange Railway portion of the station was used by 105 passengers daily.National Land Numerical Information (passenger traffic by station data)
- Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, accessed September 6, 2021.

Surrounding area

* Satsumasendai City Hall * Sendai Post Office

References

External links

{{Hisatsu Orange Railway Line Stations of Hisatsu Orange Railway Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Railway stations in Kagoshima Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1914