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on the

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Namboku Line in

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Lines

Tomizawa Station is a

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on the

Nanboku Line and is located 14.8 rail kilometers from the opposing terminus of the line at .

Station layout

Tomizawa Station is an elevated station with a single

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serving two tracks. The station building is located underneath the tracks.

Platforms

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 6,635 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

Kamei Arena Sendai is an indoor sporting arena located in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan. The capacity of the arena is 7,000. It hosted preliminary round games for the Basketball World Championship 2006, and is also the home arena of the Sendai 89ers of the Japan profess ...

(The home arena of the

Sendai 89ers The Sendai 89ers (仙台89ERS) are a Japanese professional basketball team that compete in the first division of the B.League. They are based in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. The team name is based on the city's founding year, 1889. Current roster ...

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Sendai Tramway Museum 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 ...

(Sendai Shiden Museum)

History

Tomizawa Station was opened on 15 July 1987.

References

External links

* {{Sendai transit Railway stations in Sendai Sendai Subway Namboku Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1987