Operated by JR East Address Japan Tracks 2 | Opened 22 November 1928 | |
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Location Akai Kawamae 1-1, Higashimatsushima-shi, Miyagi-kenJapan Website www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=1658 Similar | ||
Rikuzen-Akai Station (陸前赤井駅, Rikuzen-Akai-eki) is a railway station in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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Lines
Rikuzen-Akai Station is served by the Senseki Line. It is located 43.1 kilometers from the starting point of the Senseki Line at Aoba-dōri Station.
Station layout
Rikuzen-Akai Station has one island platform connected to the station building by a level crossing.
History
Rikuzen-Akai Station opened on November 22, 1928, as a station on the Miyagi Electric Railway. The Miyagi Electric Railway was nationalized on May 1, 1944. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987. The station was closed from March 11, 2011 due to damage to the line associated with the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Services were restored to Yamoto and Ishinomaki on July 16, 2011. A new station building was completed in February 2012.