Hirose-dōri Station

Hirose-dōri Station (広瀬通駅, Hirose-dōri eki) is an underground metro station on the Sendai Subway Nanboku Line in Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan

N09 Hirose-dōri Station 広瀬通駅
Hirose-dōri Station
Location	2-10 Chūō, Aoba-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken 980-0021 Japan
Coordinates	38°15′46″N 140°52′33″E
Operated by	Sendai Subway
Line(s)	■Namboku Line
Distance	7.9 km from Izumi-Chūō
Platforms	1 island platform
Connections	Bus stop
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	N09
Website	Official website
History
Opened	15 July 1987
Passengers
FY 2015	10,672 daily
Location
N09 Hirose-dōri Station Location within Japan

The platforms

Lines

Hirose-dōri Station is on the Sendai Subway Nanboku Line and is located 7.9 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Izumi-Chūō.

Station layout

Hirose-dōri Station is an underground station with a single island platform serving two tracks.

Platforms

1	■ Namboku Line	■ for Sendai, Tomizawa
2	■ Nanboku Line	■ for Izumi-Chūō

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Sendai Subway Namboku Line
Kōtōdai-Kōen (N08)		-	Sendai (N10)

History

Hirose-dōri Station opened on 15 July 1987. Operations were suspended from 11 March 2011 to 29 April 2012 due to damage sustained by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 10,672 passengers daily.[1]

Surrounding area

• Clis Road Shopping District
• Sendai City Hirose Post Office
• Sendai City Gas Bureau Showroom
• Tohoku Electric Power headquarters
• FM Sendai Head office

In addition, the area around the station is a commercial district, with many restaurants and shopping opportunities.

References

1. 仙台市地下鉄 駅別乗車人員の推移 [Sendai city underground station passenger statistics] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Sendai city. 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2017.

External links

Media related to Hirose-dōri Station at Wikimedia Commons

Official website (in Japanese)