Shin-Rifu Station

Shin-Rifu Station 新利府駅
The platform in August 2014 looking northward toward Rifu
Location	Yachiwaki, Rifu-cho, Miyagi-gun, Miyagi-ken 981-0100 Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Tōhoku Main Line (Rifu Branch)
Distance	2.5 km from Iwakiri
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Other information
Website	www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=889
History
Opened	1 April 1982
Location
Shin-Rifu Station Location within Japan

Shin-Rifu Station (新利府駅, Shin-Rifu-eki) is a railway station in Rifu, Miyagi, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Shin-Rifu Station is the only intermediate station on the Rifu Branch of the Tōhoku Main Line from Iwakiri Station to Rifu Station. It lies 2.5 km from Iwakiri Station.^[1]

Services

Most services operate through to and from Sendai Station.

Station layout

The unstaffed station consists of a single side platform served by the single track. Two entrances lead to the platform; one for general passengers, and one linking directly to the adjacent JR East Sendai General Shinkansen Depot for use by JR East employees only.

The main station entrance in August 2014
The platform in August 2014, looking southward toward Iwakiri

History

The station opened on 1 April 1982.^[2] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.^[2]

Surrounding area

The station is primarily used by employees at the adjacent JR East Sendai General Shinkansen Depot.

References

↑ 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 102. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
1 2 Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. II. Japan: JTB. p. 423. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Shin-Rifu Station.

JR East station information (Japanese)

Stations of the Tōhoku Main Line

Ueno to Kuroiso ( Utsunomiya Line)	Ueno Oku Akabane Urawa Saitama-Shintoshin Ōmiya Toro Higashi-Ōmiya Hasuda Shiraoka Shin-Shiraoka Kuki Higashi-Washinomiya Kurihashi Koga Nogi Mamada Oyama Koganei Jichiidai Ishibashi Suzumenomiya Utsunomiya Okamoto Hōshakuji Ujiie Kamasusaka Kataoka Yaita Nozaki Nishi-Nasuno Nasushiobara Kuroiso

Kuroiso to Morioka	Kuroiso Takaku Kurodahara Toyohara Shirasaka Shin-Shirakawa Shirakawa Kutano Izumizaki Yabuki Kagamiishi Sukagawa Asaka-Nagamori Kōriyama Hiwada Gohyakugawa Motomiya Sugita Nihonmatsu Adachi Matsukawa Kanayagawa Minami-Fukushima Fukushima Higashi-Fukushima Date Koori Fujita Kaida Kosugō Shiroishi Higashi-Shiroishi Kita-Shirakawa Ōgawara Funaoka Tsukinoki Iwanuma Tatekoshi Natori Minami-Sendai Taishidō Nagamachi Sendai Higashi-Sendai Iwakiri (Shin-Rifu Rifu) Rikuzen-Sannō Kokufu-Tagajō Shiogama Matsushima Atago Shinainuma Kashimadai Matsuyama-Machi Kogota Tajiri Semine Umegasawa Nitta Ishikoshi Yushima Hanaizumi Shimizuhara Arikabe Ichinoseki Yamanome Hiraizumi Maesawa Rikuchū-Orii Mizusawa Kanegasaki Rokuhara Kitakami Murasakino Hanamaki Hanamaki Airport Ishidoriya Hizume Shiwachūō Furudate Yahaba Iwate-Iioka Senbokuchō Morioka

Coordinates: 38°19′2.22″N 140°58′22.92″E / 38.3172833°N 140.9730333°E / 38.3172833; 140.9730333

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/29/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.