:Taishidō Station

{{Infobox station

| name = Taishidō Station

| native_name = 太子堂駅

| native_name_lang = ja

| type =

| image = JREast-taishido-station.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Taishidō Station, June 2010

| other_name =

| address = 1-1 Taishidō, Taihaku-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken 982-0013

| country = Japan

| coordinates = {{coord|38|13|4.71|N|140|53|0.65|E|display=inline, title|region:JP_type:landmark}}

| operator = 20px JR East

| line = * {{Colorbull|MediumSeaGreen}} Tōhoku Main Line

{{colorbull|MediumBlue}}Joban Line
{{colorbull|MediumBlue}}Sendai Airport Line

| distance = 347.3 km from {{STN|Tokyo|x}}

| platforms = 1 island platform

| tracks = 2

| connections =

| structure =

| code =

| status = Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)

| website = {{official|1=http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=1719}}

| opened = March 18, 2007

| closed =

| former =

| passengers = 3,936 daily

| pass_year = FY2018

| map_type = Japan Miyagi Prefecture#Japan

|services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=JR East

|line1=Tohoku|left1=Minami-Sendai|right1=Nagamachi|note-mid1=Local

|line2=Joban|left2=Minami-Sendai|right2=Nagamachi|note-mid2=Local-Futsuu

|system3=Sendai Airport Transit

|line3=Sendai Airport|left3=Minami-Sendai|right3=Nagamachi|note-mid3=Local}}

}}

{{nihongo| Taishidō Station|太子堂駅|Taishidō-eki}} is a junction railway station in Taihaku-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Taishidō Station is served by 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 {{STN|Tokyo|x}}.

Station layout

The station has one elevated island platform which can serve a nine-car train on each side of the platform.{{cite web|url=http://www.city.sendai.jp/toshi/asuto/gaiyou/kouka/index.html|script-title=ja:仙台市　あすと長町　鉄道高架|author=City of Sendai|language=ja|access-date=2008-02-21|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080102235304/http://www.city.sendai.jp/toshi/asuto/gaiyou/kouka/index.html|archive-date=2008-01-02}} The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

=Platforms=

{{ja-rail-line|pfn=1|first=2|name= Tōhoku Main Line |linecol=MediumSeaGreen|dir=for {{STN|Sendai|x|Miyagi}}, {{STN|Rifu|x}}, {{STN|Matsushima|x}}, and {{STN|Kogota|x}}}}

{{ja-rail-line|pfn=2|span=2|nidx= Tōhoku Main Line |linecol=MediumSeaGreen|dir= for {{STN|Shiroishi|x|Miyagi}}, and {{STN|Fukushima|x|Fukushima}}}}

{{ja-rail-line|first=3|name= Joban Line |linecol=mediumblue|dir= for {{STN|Iwanuma|x}}, and {{STN|Haranomachi|x}}}}

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 {{nihongo|"Asuto Nagamachi"|あすと長町}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.city.sendai.jp/toshi/asuto/gaiyou/kukaku/index.html|script-title=ja:仙台市　あすと長町　土地区画整理事業の概要|author=City of Sendai|language=ja|access-date=2008-02-21|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071102052829/http://www.city.sendai.jp/toshi/asuto/gaiyou/kukaku/index.html|archive-date=2007-11-02}} As one of infrastructures of the new town, the new station opened on March 18, 2007.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 3,936 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).{{cite web |url= http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2018_02.html|script-title=ja: 各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度)|trans-title= Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)|year= 2019|publisher= East Japan Railway Company|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 11 May 2020}}