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Geba Station

下馬駅
Geba Station; 下馬駅
	Geba Station, November 2009
General information
Location	2-13-1 Geba, Tagajō-shi, Miyagi-ken 985-0835; Japan
Coordinates	38°18′22″N 141°00′54″E / 38.3060°N 141.0151°E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Senseki Line
Distance	14.4 km from Aoba-dōri
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	August 1, 1932
Passengers
FY2018	3,762 daily
Services
Location
	Geba Station Location within Miyagi Prefecture Geba Station Geba Station (Japan)

Geba Station (下馬駅, Geba-eki) is a railway station in the city of Tagajō, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Geba Station is served by the Senseki Line. It is located 14.4 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Senseki Line at Aoba-dōri Station.

Station layout

The station has two opposed side platforms connected by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

Platforms

1	■ Senseki Line	for Matsushima-Kaigan and Takagimachi
2	■ Senseki Line	for Sendai and Aoba-dōri

History

Geba Station opened on August 1, 1932 as a station on the Miyagi Electric Railway. The line was nationalized on May 1, 1944. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987. A new station building was completed in November 2013.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 3,762 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

Surrounding area

Geba Post Office
National Route 45

References

^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2020.

External links

Media related to Geba Station at Wikimedia Commons

Official website (in Japanese)

[jreast2016stats-1] 各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2020.

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