Tsukinoki Station

Tsukinoki Station (槻木駅, Tsukinoki-eki) is a junction railway station in the town of Shibata, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the third-sector AbukumaExpress.

Tsukinoki Station 槻木駅
Tsukinoki Station, June 2007
General information
Location	1-1-1 Tsukinoki-shinmachi, Shibata-machi, Shibata-gun, Miyagi-ken 989-1751 Japan
Coordinates	38°04′43.04″N 140°48′35.83″E
Operated by	JR East AbukumaExpress
Line(s)	■ Tōhoku Main Line ■ Abukuma Express Line
Distance	327.7 km from Tokyo
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Status	Staffed ("Midori no Madoguchi")
Website	Official website
History
Opened	12 January 1891; 134 years ago (1891-01-12)
Passengers
2843 daily (JR East FY 2018) 1195 daily (Abukuma, FY2015)
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Funaoka towards Fukushima Tōhoku Main Line Rapid City Rabbit Iwanuma towards Sendai Funaoka towards Kuroiso Tōhoku Main Line Local Iwanuma towards Morioka Preceding station AbukumaExpress Following station Higashi-Funaoka toward Fukushima Abukuma Express Line Terminus
Location Tsukinoki Station Location within Miyagi Prefecture Show map of Miyagi Prefecture Tsukinoki Station Tsukinoki Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Tsukinoki Station is served by the Tōhoku Main Line, and is located 327.7 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Tokyo. It is also a terminal station for the Abukuma Express Line and is 54.9 rail kilometers from the opposing terminal at Fukushima.

Station layout

The station has two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1	■ Tōhoku Main Line	for Shiroishi, Fukushima and Kōriyama
2	■ Abukuma Express Line	for Kakuda, Marumori and Yanagawa
3	■ Tōhoku Main Line	for Iwanuma, Natori and Sendai

History

Tsukinoki Station opened on 12 January 1891. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987. A new station building was completed in June 1998.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the JR East portion of the station was used by an average of 2,843 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1] The Abukuma Express portion of the station was used by an average of 1,195 passengers daily in FY2015.

Surrounding area

• National Route 4
• Tsukinoki Post Office

See also

• List of Railway Stations in Japan