Taishidō Station

Taishidō Station 太子堂駅
File:JREast-taishido-station.jpg Taishidō Station, June 2010
Location	1-1 Taishidō, Taihaku, Sendai, Miyagi （岩手県宮太白区太子堂1-1） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Tōhoku Main Line, Joban Line
History
Opened	2007
Traffic
Passengers (FY2013)	3104 (JR) daily

Taishidō Station (太子堂駅, Taishidō-eki) is a railway station on the Tōhoku Main Line in Taihaku-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Taishidō Station is served by the JR East's Jōban Line and Tōhoku Main Line. The Sendai Airport Access Line also shares the same track but passes through the station without stopping. The station is 347.3 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Tōhoku Main Line at Tokyo Station.

Station layout

Taishidō Station has one elevated island platform which can serve a nine-car train on each side of the platform. The station has a Green Window ticket counter.

Platforms

1	■ Tōhoku Main Line	for Sendai, Rifu, Matsushima, and Kogota
2	■ Tōhoku Main Line	for Shiroishi, and Fukushima
2	■ Joban Line	for Iwanuma, and Hamayoshida

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Tōhoku Main Line
Rapid: no stop
Minami-Sendai		Local		Nagamachi
Joban Line
Minami-Sendai		Local		Nagamachi

History

The redevelopment of the area surrounding the station, a site of former railway yard, is being carried out by the Urban Renaissance Agency under the project name "Asuto Nagamachi" (あすと長町). As one of infrastructures of the new town, the new station opened on March 18, 2007.

Surrounding area

• Japan National Route 4
• Natori River

External links

• JR East Station information (Japanese)