Aoba-dori Station Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aoba-dori_Station
Aoba-dōri Station あおば通駅 | |||||||||||
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 Aoba-dōri Station entrance in 2022 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°15′39″N 140°52′43″E / 38.2608°N 140.8786°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | JR East | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Senseki Line | ||||||||||
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| Opened | March 11, 2000 | ||||||||||
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Aoba-dōri Station (あおば通駅, Aoba-dōri-eki) is a JR East railway station located in Aoba-ku in Sendai, Miyagi. Its official English name is Aobadori Avenue.[1]
There is a direct transfer gate between the platform of this station to the platform of the Sendai Subway Namboku Line in Sendai Station. The Sendai Subway Tōzai Line is connected through the platform of the Namboku Line. Before the extension of the Senseki Line from Sendai Station, passengers from the subway would have to disembark and walk a good distance to the Senseki Line platform in Sendai Station. It is the departure station for the Mangattan, a "manga train" that runs every Sunday with manga characters from Shotaro Ishinomori's work decorated on the body of the train.[2]
Description
[edit]The station began operation on March 11, 2000.[3] The station is built underground with three floors, and services the Senseki Line. The station has an island platform on the second underground floor, while it has a transferring gate with the municipal subway on the third underground floor.[4] Trains service the station from 5 a.m. to 12 a.m., with an interval of 6~43 minutes.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Aobadori Avenue Station Timetable (JR East)". East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
- ^ "JR Senseki Line Mangattan Liner". Travel to Tohoku. Retrieved 2024-12-19.
- ^ JR気動車客車編成表 '00年版 (in Japanese). 2000. p. 186.
- ^ "JR東日本：駅構内図・バリアフリー情報（あおば通駅）". web.archive.org. 2024-08-27. Retrieved 2025-05-18.
- ^ "時刻表 あおば通駅 仙石線：JR東日本". JR東日本：東日本旅客鉄道株式会社 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-05-18.
