Sendai Station (Kagoshima)

Location
	Sendai Station Location within Kagoshima Prefecture Sendai Station Sendai Station (Japan)

Sendai Station

川内駅
Sendai Station; 川内駅
	Sendai Station West Entrance
General information
Location	1-1 Torioi-chō, Satsumasendai-shi, Kagoshima-ken 895-0024; Japan
Operated by	JR Kyushu; Hisatsu Orange Railway;
Line(s)	Kyūshū Shinkansen; Kagoshima Main Line; Hisatsu Orange Railway Line;
Platforms	Shinkansen: 2 side platforms; Conventional lines: 1 island platform
Tracks	5 (2 Shinkansen)
Other information
Station code	OR28
History
Opened	1 June 1914
Previous names	Sendai-machi (to 1940)
Passengers
FY2020	2454 (JR)
Services
Location
Location
	Sendai Station Location within Kagoshima Prefecture Sendai Station Sendai Station (Japan)

Sendai Station (川内駅, Sendai-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Ichikikushikino, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and the third-sector railway company Hisatsu Orange Railway.^[1]^[2]

Lines

Sendai Station is served by the Kyushu Shinkansen and Kagoshima Main Line, and is 242.8 kilometers from Hakata and 349.2 kilometers from Mojikō. 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. It is the southern terminus of the Hisatsu Orange Railway Line and is 116.9 kilometers from the opposing terminus at Yatsushiro.

Layout

The Shinkansen portion of the station consists of two ground-level opposed side platforms with two tracks, while the conventional lines use one island platform with two tracks, with platforms 1 and 2 (JR Kagoshima Main Line) in the southern half and platforms 3 and 4 (Hisatsu Orange Railway) in the northern half. In addition, there is one unused side platform on the station building side. The Shinkansen also has a storage track on the Kagoshima-Chuo side. The station building is elevated above the tracks and has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

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

East Entrance (2012)
Local Line ticket barrier and Shinkansen connection ticket barrier (2006)
Shinkansen ticket barrier (2012)

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

June 1, 1914 - The station opened as Sendai-machi Station (川内町駅) on the Sendai Line.^[4]
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.^[4]
January 10, 1987 - Miyanojo line is abolished (From Sendai Station to Satsuma-Ōkuchi Station).
March 13, 2004 - Kyushu Shinkansen services began.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2020, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 2022 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 70th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.^[5] During the same period, the Hisatsu Orange Railway portion of the station was used by 105 passengers daily.^[6]

Surrounding area

Satsumasendai City Hall
Sendai Post Office

References

^ Kawashima, Ryōzō (2013). 図説: 日本の鉄道四国・九州ライン全線・全駅・全配線・第5巻長崎佐賀エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 5 Nagasaki Saga area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 22, 67. ISBN 9784062951647.
^ "川内駅" [Sendai Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
^ National Land Image Information (Color Aerial Photographs), Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
^ ^a ^b 『川内市史下巻』 p.552 - Sendai City 1980
^ "駅別乗車人員上位300駅（2020年度）" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-09-08.
^ National Land Numerical Information (passenger traffic by station data) - Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, accessed September 6, 2021.

External links

Media related to Sendai Station (Kagoshima) at Wikimedia Commons

[kawashima-1] Kawashima, Ryōzō (2013). 図説: 日本の鉄道四国・九州ライン全線・全駅・全配線・第5巻長崎佐賀エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 5 Nagasaki Saga area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 22, 67. ISBN 9784062951647.

[hacchi-2] "川内駅" [Sendai Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 March 2018.

[3] National Land Image Information (Color Aerial Photographs), Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

[sendaicity-4] 『川内市史下巻』 p.552 - Sendai City 1980

[5] "駅別乗車人員上位300駅（2020年度）" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-09-08.

[6] National Land Numerical Information (passenger traffic by station data) - Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, accessed September 6, 2021.

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