Minami-Sendai Station | |
Native Name: | 南仙台駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | 5-2-1 Tanaka, Taihaku-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken 981-1104 |
Country: | Japan |
Distance: | 344.1 km from |
Platforms: | 1 side + 1 island platform |
Tracks: | 3 |
Status: | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) |
Opened: | September 10, 1924 |
Former: | Rikuzen-Nakata (until 1963) |
Passengers: | 9,998 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2018 |
Map Type: | Japan Miyagi Prefecture#Japan |
is a junction railway station in Taihaku-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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 . It is also served by the Joban Line, whose trains run past the official terminus at Iwanuma Station on to and by the Sendai Airport Line.
The station has a single side platform and a single island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Minami-Sendai Station opened on September 10, 1924 as . 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.
In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 9,998 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]