Nitta Station (Miyagi)

Nitta Station 新田駅
File:Nitta-Eki Rail Station.jpg Nitta Station, August 2006
Location	Nitta, Tome, Miyagi （宮城県登米市迫町新田字狼の欠） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Tōhoku Main Line
History
Opened	1894
Traffic
Passengers (FY2013)	263 daily

Nitta Station (新田駅, Nitta-eki) is a railway station on the Tōhoku Main Line in Tome, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Nitta Station is served by the Tōhoku Main Line, and is located 416.2 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Tokyo Station.

Station layout

Nitta Station has one island platform and one side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge; however track 2 of the island platform is not in use.

Platforms

1	■ Tōhoku Main Line	for Kogota and Sendai
2	■ Tōhoku Main Line	Not in use
3	■ Tōhoku Main Line	for Ishikoshi and Ichinoseki

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Tōhoku Main Line
Umegasawa		Local		Ishikoshi

History

Nitta Station opened on January 4, 1894. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. A new station building was completed on July 31, 2011.

Surrounding area

• National Route 398
• Tome City Hall

External links

• JR East Station information (Japanese)