Rikuzen-Inai Station

Rikuzen-Inai Station (陸前稲井駅, Rikuzen-Inai-eki) is a railway station in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Rikuzen-Inai Station 陸前稲井駅
Rikuzen-Inai Station in February 2007
General information
Location	2 Inai Takinokuchi, Ishinomaki-shi, Miyagi-ken 986-0003 Japan
Coordinates	38°26′44″N 141°20′06″E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Ishinomaki Line ■ Senseki Line
Distance	30.9 km from Kogota
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	October 7, 1939
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Ishinomaki towards Kogota Ishinomaki Line Watanoha towards Onagawa Ishinomaki towards Sendai Senseki-Tōhoku Line Rapid
Location Rikuzen-Inai Station Location within Miyagi Prefecture Show map of Miyagi Prefecture Rikuzen-Inai Station Rikuzen-Inai Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Rikuzen-Inai Station is served by the Ishinomaki Line, and is located 30.9 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kogota Station. The station is also served by local trains of the Senseki-Tōhoku Line, which uses the same track.

Station layout

The station has one side platform, serving traffic a single bi-directional line. The station is unattended.

History

Rikuzen-Inai Station opened on October 7, 1939. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987. Operations of the line and the station were suspended by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011. Services were resumed on March 17, 2013 on the Ishinomaki Line, and on August 6, 2016 on the Senseki-Tōhoku Line.

Surrounding area

• Former Inai Town Hall
• Inai Post Office

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

Media related to Rikuzen-Inai Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in Japanese)