is a subway station on the

Sendai Subway Tozai Line is the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture, the largest city in the Tōhoku region. , the city had a population of 1,091,407 in 525,828 households, and is one of Japan's 20 designated cities. The city was founded in 1600 by the ''daimyō'' Date M ...

Aoba-ku, Sendai is one of five Wards of Japan, wards of Sendai, the largest city in the Tōhoku region of Japan. Aoba-ku encompasses 302.278 km² and had a population of 296,551, with 147,622 households as of March 1, 2012. Infrastructure The Miyagi P ...

, Japan, operated by the municipal subway operator

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Lines

International Center Station is served by the

Sendai Subway Tōzai Line The is one of the two lines of the Sendai Subway system operated by the Sendai City Transportation Bureau in the city of Sendai, Japan. It opened on 6 December 2015. The Tozai Line uses linear motor propulsion. Stations From the start of op ...

between and , and is located from the western terminus of the line at Yagiyama Zoological Park Station. The station is numbered "T04".

Station layout

The station has one

island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...

serving two tracks on the basement ("B1F") level. The ticket barriers are located on the ground floor ("1F") level.

Platforms

Gallery

File:International Center Station West1 exit 20220910.jpg, The "West 1" entrance in September 2022 File:International Center Station wicket 20160105.jpg, The ticket machines and ticket barriers on the ground floor level in January 2016 File:International Center Station platform 1 20161009.jpg, Platform 1 in October 2016 File:International Center Station viewspot 20160105.jpg, The train viewing area in January 2016 File:International Center St.JPG, "West 1" entrance File:International Center Station 2016-10-09 (30644590466).jpg, Ticket hall File:International Center Station 2016-10-09 (30644598216).jpg, Ticket hall information display File:International Center Station 2016-10-09 (30644606236).jpg, Platform sign File:International Center Station south1 exit 20160105.jpg, "South 1" exit File:Kokusai Center Station Sendai Subway Tozai Line 2016-10-10 (30685796755).jpg, International Center Station in August 2016 File:Sendai-subway-T04-International-center-station-entrance-west-1-20160727-152254.jpg, "West 1" entrance

Staffing

The station is staffed and operated by sub-contracted employees from the security company Alsok.

History

The station opened on 6 December 2015, coinciding with the opening of the Tōzai Line.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 2,533 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

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Sendai City Museum The is the main museum of Sendai, Miyagi, Sendai, Japan, and is located in the former Third Bailey of Sendai Castle. The museum displays various artifacts related to the Date clan and the history of Sendai. Date Masamune's famous suit of armor a ...

Aoba Castle 260px, Layout of Aoba Castle is a Japanese castle located in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Throughout the Edo period, Aoba Castle was home to the Date clan, ''daimyō'' of Sendai Domain. The castle was also known as or as . In 2003, the ca ...

The Miyagi Museum of Art opened in Sendai, Japan, in 1981. The collection has as its primary focus works associated with Miyagi Prefecture and the Tōhoku region more generally, from the Meiji period to the present day, and also includes paintings by Wassily Kandinsky a ...

Tohoku University , or is a Japanese national university located in Sendai, Miyagi in the Tōhoku Region, Japan. It is informally referred to as . Established in 1907, it was the third Imperial University in Japan and among the first three Designated National ...

Kawauchi Campus * Sendai No. 2 High School

References

External links

* {{Sendai Subway Tozai Line Sendai Subway Tozai Line Railway stations in Miyagi Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 2015