Kogota Station

Kogota Station
小牛田駅
Kogota Station, June 2006
Location
Prefecture Miyagi
(See other stations in Miyagi)
District Tōda
Town Misato
Neighborhood etc. Fujigasaki
Postal code987-0001
(in Japanese)宮城県遠田郡美里町藤ヶ崎
History
Year opened 1890
Rail services
Operator(s) JR East
Line(s) Ishinomaki Line
Senseki Line
Statistics 2,053 passengers/day (FY2012)

Kogota Station (小牛田駅 Kogota-eki) is a railway station in Misato, Miyagi, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Kogota Station is served by three lines: the Tōhoku Main Line, the Ishinomaki Line, and the Rikuu East Line. It is located 395.0 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Tōhoku Main Line at Tokyo Station. It is the eastern terminus of the Rikuu East Line and the western terminus of the Ishinomaki Line. Most Kesennuma Line trains use Kogota station as their operating terminus, although the line physically ends at Maeyachi Station.

Station layout

Kogota Station has two island platforms serving four tracks. The platforms are connected by a footbridge. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1 Rikuu East Line for Furukawa, Naruko-Onsen, and Shinjō
Tōhoku Main Line for Matsushima, Sendai, and Fukushima
2,3 Tōhoku Main Line for Matsushima, Sendai, and Fukushima
for Semine, Ishikoshi, and Ichinoseki
4 Ishinomaki Line for Maeyachi, Ishinomaki, and Onagawa
Kesennuma Line for Yanaizu (temporarily suspended)
Tōhoku Main Line for Sendai (rapid services)
Rikuu East Line for Furukawa (direct services)

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Tōhoku Main Line
Sendai   Rapid Minami Sanriku   Wakuya
Matsuyama-Machi   Local   Tajiri
Ishinomaki Line
Terminus   Local   Kami-Wakuya
Rikuu East Line Line
Terminus   Local   Kitaura

History

Kogota Station opened on April 16, 1890 on what would become the Tōhoku Main Line. The Ishinomaki Line opened on October 28, 1912, and the Rikuu Line (Rikuu East Line) opened on April 20, 1913.

Surrounding area

External links

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Coordinates: 38°32′26″N 141°03′52″E / 38.540666°N 141.064444°E