Wakuya Station

Wakuya
涌谷

Wakuya Station, April 2013
Location Shinmachi-ura 124, Wakuya, Tōda, Miyagi
(宮城県遠田郡涌谷町字新町裏124)
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s)
History
Opened 1912

Wakuya Station (涌谷駅 Wakuya-eki) is a railway station in Wakuya, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Wakuya Station is served by the Ishinomaki Line, and is located 6.2 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kogota Station. Some through traffic on the Kesennuma Line connected to Kogota Station past the nominal terminus of the line at Maeyachi Station also use this station.

Station layout

Wakuya Station has two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by an overhead passageway.

Platforms

1  Ishinomaki Line for Ishinomaki and Onagawa
2  Ishinomaki Line for Kogota

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Ishinomaki Line
Kami-Wakuya   Local   Maeyachi

History

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.

Surrounding area

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Coordinates: 38°32′17″N 141°07′38″E / 38.538033°N 141.127306°E / 38.538033; 141.127306

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