Nigatake Station

{{Infobox station

| name = Nigatake Station

| style = JR East

| native_name = 苦竹駅

| native_name_lang = ja

| type =

| image = JR Nigatake sta 002.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Nigatake Station, March 2008

| other_name =

| address = 1-7-33 Nigatake, Miyagino-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken 983-0036

| country = Japan

| coordinates = {{coord|38.2685|N|140.9187|E|type:railwaystation_region:JP|display=inline, title}}

| operator = 20px JR East

| line = {{colorbull|DeepSkyBlue }} Senseki Line

| distance = 4.0 km from {{STN|Aoba-dōri|x}}

| platforms = 2 side platforms

| tracks = 2

| connections =

| structure =

| code =

| status = Staffed

| website = {{Official website|1=http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=1146}}

| opened = May 15, 1928

| rebuilt = 2003

| closed =

| former = Shinden Station (to 1943)

| passengers = 2969 daily

| pass_year = FY2018

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=JR East|line=Senseki|left=Rikuzen-Haranomachi|right=Kozurushinden}}

| map_type = Japan Miyagi Prefecture#Japan

}}

{{nihongo| Nigatake Station|苦竹駅|Nigatake-eki}} is a railway station in Miyagino-ku in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Nigatake Station is served by the Senseki Line. It is located 4.0 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Senseki Line at {{STN|Aoba-dōri|x}}.

Station layout

The station has two elevated opposed side platforms with the station building located underneath the platforms.

=Platforms=

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History

Nigatake Station opened on May 15, 1928 as {{nihongo|Shinden Station|神殿駅|}} on the Miyagi Electric Railway. The station renamed to its present name on February 8, 1943. The line was nationalized on May 1, 1944. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 2,969 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).{{cite web |url= http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2018_04.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= Japanese|archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate= 11 May 2020}}