Rikuzen-Akai Station
Rikuzen-Akai Station 陸前赤井駅 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 Rikuzen-Akai Station in April 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Akai Kawamae 1-1, Higashimatsushima-shi, Miyagi-ken 981-0501 Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°25′57″N 141°14′20″E / 38.4325°N 141.2388°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 43.1 km from Aoba-dōri | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | November 22, 1928 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||||||||||
| FY2018 | 629 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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).
Lines
[edit]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
[edit]The station has one island platform connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station is staffed.
Platforms
[edit]| 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
[edit]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.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed]
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 629 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]
Surrounding area
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National Route 45- Senseki Hospital
- Miyagi-Akai Post Office
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
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Media related to Rikuzen-Akai Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)