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
    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

See also

References

  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.

External links

Media related to Rikuzen-Takasago Station at Wikimedia Commons