Sendai Station

川内駅
Sendai Station West Entrance
General information
Location1-1 Torioi-chō, Satsumasendai City
Kagoshima Prefecture
Japan
Operated by
Line(s)
PlatformsShinkansen: 2 side platforms
Conventional lines: 1 island platform
Tracks5 (2 Shinkansen)
History
Opened1 June 1914 (1914-06-01)
Previous namesSendai-machi
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 Kyushu
Sendai Station
Sendai Station
Sendai Station (Kyushu)
Sendai Station is located in Japan
Sendai Station
Sendai Station
Sendai Station (Japan)

Sendai Station (川内駅, Sendai-eki) is a railway station in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima, Japan. It is operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) and Hisatsu Orange Railway.

Lines

Sendai Station is served by the Kyushu Shinkansen and Kagoshima Main Line, and also the Hisatsu Orange Railway Line. 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.

Platforms

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

←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

Sendai Station in 1974[1]
  • June 1, 1914 - The station opened as Sendai-machi Station (川内町駅) on the Sendai Line.[2]
  • 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.[2]
  • January 10, 1987 - Miyanojo line is abolished (From Sendai Station to Satsuma-Ōkuchi Station).
  • March 13, 2004 - Kyushu Shinkansen services began.

Surrounding area

  • Satsumasendai City Hall
  • Sendai Post Office

References

  1. ↑ National Land Image Information (Color Aerial Photographs), Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
  2. 1 2 『川内市史 下巻』 p.552 - Sendai City 1980
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