Rikuzen-Takasago Station

Location
	Rikuzen-Takasago Station Location within Miyagi Prefecture Rikuzen-Takasago Station Rikuzen-Takasago Station (Japan)

Rikuzen-Takasago Station

陸前高砂駅
Rikuzen-Takasago Station; 陸前高砂駅
	Rikuzen-Takasago Station, July 2011
General information
Location	Maeda, Fukumuro, Miyagino-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken 983-0005; Japan
Coordinates	38°16′25″N 140°58′03″E / 38.2735°N 140.9675°E operator = JR East
Line(s)	■ Senseki Line
Distance	8.6 km from Aoba-dōri
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	June 5, 1925
Rebuilt	2011
Passengers
FY2018	5438 daily
Services
Location
Location
	Rikuzen-Takasago Station Location within Miyagi Prefecture Rikuzen-Takasago Station Rikuzen-Takasago Station (Japan)

Rikuzen-Takasago Station (陸前高砂駅, Rikuzen-Takasago-eki) is a railway station in Miyagino-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Rikuzen-Takasago Station is served by the Senseki Line. It is located 8.6 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Senseki Line at Aoba-dōri.

Station layout

The station has two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.

Platforms

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

The platforms in August 2014

History

Rikuzen-Takasago 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 June 2011.^{[citation needed]}

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 5,438 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

Surrounding area

Fukumuro district (residential)
Fukumuro Elementary School
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 Rikuzen-Takasago Station at Wikimedia Commons

Official website (in Japanese)

[jreast2018stats-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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