Rikuzen-Ochiai Station

Rikuzen-Ochiai Station
陸前落合駅
Rikuzen-Ochiai Station as of July 2005
Location
Prefecture Miyagi
(See other stations in Miyagi)
City Sendai
Ward Aoba
Neighborhood etc. 2-8-20 Ochiai
Postal code989-3126
(in Japanese)仙台市青葉区落合2丁目8-20
History
Year opened 1929
Rail services
Operator(s) JR East
Line(s) Senzan Line
Statistics 3,853 passengers/day (FY 2013)

Rikuzen-Ochiai Station (陸前落合駅 Rikuzen-Ochiai-eki ) is a railway station in Aoba-ku, Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Rikuzen-Ochiai Station is served by the Senzan Line, and is located 12.7 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Sendai Station.

Station layout

Rikuzen-Ochiai Station has two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by an overhead passage. The station has a Green Window ticket counter

Platforms

1 Senzan Line for Kita-Sendai and Sendai
2 Senzan Line for Sakunami, Yamadera, Yamagata

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Senzan Line
Kunimi   Rapid-A, Rapid-B   Ayashi
Kuzuoka   Rapid-C, Ordinary   Ayashi

History

Rikuzen-Ochiai Station opened on September 29, 1929. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987. A new station building was completed in March 2005.

Surrounding area

The station has two entry/exit points. The north leads to a housing complex and further residential areas. The southern exit comes across Japan National Route 457, which runs from Sendai to Yamagata.

External links

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Coordinates: 38°16′24″N 140°47′25″E / 38.27333°N 140.79028°E