Rikuzen-Akai Station

Rikuzen-Akai Station (陸前赤井駅, Rikuzen-Akai-eki) is a railway station in the city of Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Rikuzen-Akai Station 陸前赤井駅
Rikuzen-Akai Station in April 2012
Location	Akai Kawamae 1-1, Higashimatsushima-shi, Miyagi-ken 981-0501 Japan
Coordinates	38.4325°N 141.2388°E / 38.4325; 141.2388
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Senseki Line ■ Senseki-Tōhoku Line
Distance	43.1 km from Aoba-dōri
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Website	Official website
History
Opened	November 22, 1928
Rebuilt	2012
Traffic
Passengers (FY2018)	629
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Yamoto toward Sendai Senseki-Tōhoku Line      Rapid Ishinomakiayumino toward Onagawa Senseki-Tōhoku Line      Rapid Hebita toward Ishinomaki Ishinomakiayumino One-way operation Higashi-Yamoto toward Aoba-dori Senseki Line Ishinomakiayumino toward Ishinomaki
Location
Rikuzen-Akai Station Location within Miyagi Prefecture Show map of Miyagi Prefecture Rikuzen-Akai Station Rikuzen-Akai Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Rikuzen-Akai Station is served by the Senseki Line and is located 43.1 kilometers from the starting point of the Senseki Line at Aoba-dōri Station. It is also served by trains of the Senseki-Tōhoku Line.

Station layout

The station has one island platform connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station is staffed.

Platforms

1	■ Senseki Line	for Matsushima-Kaigan and Aoba-dōri
	■ Senseki-Tōhoku Line	for Shiogama and Sendai
2	■ Senseki Line	for Ishinomaki
	■ Senseki-Tōhoku Line	for Ishinomaki

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.[1] A new station building was completed in February 2012.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 629 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

Surrounding area

• National Route 45
• Senseki Hospital
• Miyagi-Akai Post Office

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. Sendai Branch, East Japan Railway Company (September 1, 2011). 地震等による列車影響と運転見込みについて (in Japanese). Archived from the original on September 2, 2011. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
2. 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 Rikuzen-Akai Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in Japanese)