Wakuya Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 涌谷駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Shinmachi-ura 124, Wakuya-machi, Tōda-gun Miyagi-ken 987-0114 |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Ishinomaki Line |
Platforms: | 1 island platform |
Tracks: | 2 |
Distance: | 6.2 km from |
Structure: | At grade |
Status: | Staffed |
Opened: | October 28, 1912 |
Rebuilt: | 2013 |
Passengers: | 559 |
Pass Year: | FY2018 |
Map Type: | Japan Miyagi Prefecture#Japan |
is a railway station in the town of Wakuya, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Wakuya Station is served by the Ishinomaki Line, and is located 6.2 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kogota Station.
The station has two opposed ground-level side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.
Wakuya Station opened on October 28, 1912. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987. A new station building was completed in May 2013.
In fiscal year 2018, the station was used by an average of 559 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]