Kogota Station

Kogota 小牛田
File:Kogota Rail Station.jpg Kogota Station, June 2006
Location	Fujigasaki, Misato, Tōda, Miyagi （宮城県遠田郡美里町藤ヶ崎） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Ishinomaki Line Senseki Line
History
Opened	1890
Traffic
Passengers (FY2012)	2,053 daily

Kogota Station (小牛田駅, Kogota-eki) is a railway station in Misato, Miyagi, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

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.

Station layout

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)

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Tōhoku Main Line
Sendai		Rapid Minami Sanriku		Wakuya
Matsuyama-Machi		Local		Tajiri
Ishinomaki Line
Terminus		Local		Kami-Wakuya
Rikuu East Line Line
Terminus		Local		Kitaura

History

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.

Surrounding area

• Kogota Post Office
• National Route 108

External links

• Kogota Station (JR East) (Japanese)