Kogota_Station
Kogota Station
Railway station in Misato, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Kogota Station (小牛田駅, Kogota-eki) is a junction railway station in the town of Misato, Miyagi, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Kogota Station 小牛田駅 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Kogota Station, June 2006 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Fujigasaki, Misato-machi, Tōda-gun, Miyagi-ken 987-0001 Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°32′26″N 141°03′52″E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 395 km from Tokyo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed ("Midori no Madoguchi" ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | April 16, 1890 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY2018 | 2066 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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) |
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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. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987.
In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 2,066 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
- Kogota Post Office
National Route 108
- 各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
