Rikuzen-Ochiai Station

Rikuzen-Ochiai Station 陸前落合駅
File:RikuzenOchiaiStation2005-7.jpg Rikuzen-Ochiai Station as of July 2005
Location	2-8-20 Ochiai, Aoba, Sendai, Miyagi （仙台市青葉区落合2丁目8-20） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Senzan Line
History
Opened	1929
Traffic
Passengers (FY 2013)	3,853 daily

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

• JR East Station information (Japanese)