Watari Station (Miyagi)
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Watari Station 亘理駅 | ||||||||||||
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| Watari Station in December 2008 | ||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||
| Location | Tanishi, Watari-machi, Watari-gun, Miyagi-ken 989-2351 Japan | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°02′23′′N 140°51′41′′E / 38.0396°N 140.8613°E / 38.0396; 140.8613 | |||||||||||
| Operated by | JR East | |||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■しかく Jōban Line | |||||||||||
| Distance | 334.6 km from Nippori | |||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||
| Other information | ||||||||||||
| Status | Staffed ("Midori no Madoguchi") | |||||||||||
| Website | Official website | |||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||
| Opened | 10 November 1897; 127 years ago (1897年11月10日) | |||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||
| FY2018 | 2130 daily | |||||||||||
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Watari Station (亘理駅, Watari-eki) is a railway station in the town of Watari, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
[edit ]Watari Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 334.6 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Nippori in Tokyo.
Station layout
[edit ]The station has two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge and a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Platforms
[edit ]History
[edit ]Watari Station opened on 10 November 1897. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987. The station building was rebuilt in 2008 in the form of a faux Japanese castle, and incorporates the Watari Town Library and the Watari Local History Museum.
Passenger statistics
[edit ]In fiscal 2018, the JR East portion of the station was used by an average of 2,130 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1] The
Surrounding area
[edit ]- Watari Town Hall
- Watari Post Office
See also
[edit ]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.
External links
[edit ]Media related to Watari Station (Miyagi) at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)