Natori Station | |
Native Name: | 名取駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | 2 Masuda, Natori-shi, Miyagi-ken 981-1224 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 38.1731°N 140.8825°W |
Distance: | 341.4 km from |
Platforms: | 1 side + 1 island platform |
Tracks: | 3 |
Status: | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) |
Opened: | October 11, 1888 |
Former: | Masada (to 1963) |
Passengers: | 12,927 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2018 |
Map Type: | Japan Miyagi Prefecture#Japan |
is a junction railway station in the city of Natori, Miyagi, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The station also has a freight terminal operated by the Japan Freight Railway Company.
Natori Station is served by the Tōhoku Main Line, 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.
The station has one side platform and one island platform, serving three tracks in total, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
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 of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.
In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 12,927 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]