title: Tagajō Station
text: # Tagajō Station
  
  Tagajō Station (多賀城駅, Tagajō-eki) is a railway station in the city of Tagajō, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
  
  ## Lines
  
  Tagajō Station is served by the Senseki Line, and is located 12.6 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Aoba-dōri.
  
  ## Station layout
  
  The station has one elevated side platform and one elevated island platform with the station building underneath. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
  
  ### Platforms
  
  | 1-2 | ■ Senseki Line | for Sendai and Aoba-dōri |
  | - | - | - |
  | 3 | ■ Senseki Line | for Matsushima-Kaigan and Takagimachi |
  
  ## History
  
  Tagajō Station opened on June 5, 1925, 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 7,201 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
  
  ## Surrounding area
  
  * Tagajō City Hall
  * Ruins of Tagajō Temple
  * Tagajō Post Office
  * National Route 45
  