Furukawa Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 古川駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | 1-7-35 Furukawa-ekimae Ōdōri, Ōsaki-shi, Miyagi-ken 989-6162 |
Country: | Japan |
Distance: | from |
Platforms: | 2 side + 1 island platforms |
Tracks: | 4 |
Status: | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) |
Passengers: | 4,879 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2018 |
Map Type: | Japan Miyagi Prefecture#Japan |
is a junction railway station in the city of Ōsaki, Miyagi, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Furukawa Station is served by the Tōhoku Shinkansen high-speed line from Tokyo to, and also by the local East Rikuu Line. It is 395.0 kilometers from .
The Rikuu East Line has a single ground-level island platform at a right angle to the station building and the Shinkansen platforms. The elevated Shinkansen station has two side platforms serving two tracks. The platforms are equipped with platform screen doors. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.
The station opened on April 20, 1913. On June 11, 1915, it was renamed . On November 1, 1980, the station name was changed back to Furukawa Station, and the station was relocated to its present location. Tohoku Shinkansen services started on June 23, 1982. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.
In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 4,879 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]