Nishi-Furukawa Station

Nishi-Furukawa Station
西古川駅

Nishi-Furukawa Station
Location 1, Furukawa Niibori Aza Asahimachi, Ōsaki, Miyagi
(宮城県大崎市古川新堀字旭町1)
Japan
Coordinates 38°34′41″N 140°53′43″E / 38.578114°N 140.895339°E / 38.578114; 140.895339Coordinates: 38°34′41″N 140°53′43″E / 38.578114°N 140.895339°E / 38.578114; 140.895339
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Rikuu East Line
Connections
  • Bus stop
History
Opened 1905
Previous names Naka-Nitta (until 1957)
Traffic
Passengers (FY 2010) 503 daily

Nishi-Furukawa Station (西古川駅 Nishi-Furukawa-eki) is a railway station on the Rikuu East Line in Ōsaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Nishi-Furukawa Station is served by the Rikuu East Line, and is located 15.9 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kogota Station.

Station layout

Nishi-Furukawa Station has one island platform, connected to the station building by an overhead passageway. The station is unattended.

Platforms

1  Rikuu East Line for Mogami and Shinjō
2  Rikuu East Line for Furukawa and Kogota

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Rikuu East Line
Tsukanome   Local   Higashi-Ōsaki

History

Nishi-Furukawa Station opened on 20 April 1913 as Naka-Nitta Station (中新田駅). The station name was changed to its present name on 1 April 1957. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987.

Surrounding area

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