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Sendai Station (Kagoshima)

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Sendai Station

川内駅
Kyushu Railway Company
Sendai Station West Entrance
General information
Location1-1 Torioi-chō, Satsumasendai-shi, Kagoshima-ken 895-0024
Japan
Operated by
Line(s)
PlatformsShinkansen: 2 side platforms
Conventional lines: 1 island platform
Tracks5 (2 Shinkansen)
Other information
Station codeOR28
History
Opened1 June 1914 (1914-06-01)
Previous namesSendai-machi (to 1940)
Passengers
FY20202454 (JR)
Services
Preceding station Logo of the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). JR Kyushu Following station
Kagoshima-Chūō
Terminus
Kyūshū Shinkansen
Mizuho
(Some trains only)
Kumamoto
towards Hakata
Kyūshū Shinkansen
Sakura
Tsubame
Izumi
towards Hakata
Location
Sendai Station is located in Kagoshima Prefecture
Sendai Station
Sendai Station
Location within Kagoshima Prefecture
Sendai Station is located in Japan
Sendai Station
Sendai Station
Sendai Station (Japan)
Map

Sendai Station (川内駅, Sendai-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Ichikikushikino, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and the third-sector railway company Hisatsu Orange Railway.[1][2]

Lines

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Sendai Station is served by the Kyushu Shinkansen and Kagoshima Main Line, and is 242.8 kilometers from Hakata and 349.2 kilometers from Mojikō. It was also the westernmost high-speed Shinkansen railway station in Japan, though this title was taken over by Nagasaki Station with the opening of the West Kyushu Shinkansen on 23 September 2022. It is the southern terminus of the Hisatsu Orange Railway Line and is 116.9 kilometers from the opposing terminus at Yatsushiro.

Layout

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The Shinkansen portion of the station consists of two ground-level opposed side platforms with two tracks, while the conventional lines use one island platform with two tracks, with platforms 1 and 2 (JR Kagoshima Main Line) in the southern half and platforms 3 and 4 (Hisatsu Orange Railway) in the northern half. In addition, there is one unused side platform on the station building side. The Shinkansen also has a storage track on the Kagoshima-Chuo side. The station building is elevated above the tracks and has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

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1/2  Kagoshima Main Line for Kushikino and Kagoshima-Chūō
3  Hisatsu Orange Railway Line for Izumi
4  Hisatsu Orange Railway Line for Izumi
to the JR Kyushu Kagoshima Line for Kumanojo and Kagoshima-Chūō
11  Kyushu Shinkansen for Hakata and Shin-Ōsaka
12  Kyushu Shinkansen for Kagoshima-Chūō

Adjacent stations

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Service
Kagoshima Main Line
Kami-Sendai
through to Hisatsu Orange Railway
Local and Sendai Express Kumanojō
Kami-Sendai
(Hisatsu Orange Railway)
Ocean Liner Satsuma Kushikino
Hisatsu Orange Railway Line
Kami-Sendai Local Kumanojō

History

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Sendai Station in 1974[3]
  • June 1, 1914 - The station opened as Sendai-machi Station (川内町駅) on the Sendai Line.[4]
  • 1922 - Track from Sendai-Machi Station to Nishikata Station opens.
  • October 20, 1924 - Track from Sendai Station to Hiwaki Station is opened for as Miyanojo Line.
  • October 1, 1940 - Sendai-machi Station was renamed Sendai Station.[4]
  • January 10, 1987 - Miyanojo line is abolished (From Sendai Station to Satsuma-Ōkuchi Station).
  • March 13, 2004 - Kyushu Shinkansen services began.

Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2020, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 2022 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 70th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[5] During the same period, the Hisatsu Orange Railway portion of the station was used by 105 passengers daily.[6]

Surrounding area

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  • Satsumasendai City Hall
  • Sendai Post Office

References

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  1. ^ Kawashima, Ryōzō (2013). 図説: 日本の鉄道 四国・九州ライン 全線・全駅・全配線・第5巻 長崎 佐賀 エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 5 Nagasaki Saga area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 22, 67. ISBN 9784062951647.
  2. ^ "川内駅" [Sendai Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  3. ^ National Land Image Information (Color Aerial Photographs), Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
  4. ^ a b 川内市史 下巻』 p.552 - Sendai City 1980
  5. ^ "駅別乗車人員上位300駅(2020年度)" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-09-08.
  6. ^ National Land Numerical Information (passenger traffic by station data) - Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, accessed September 6, 2021.
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