Michikawa Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 道川駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Idonosawa, Iwaki-Uchimichikawa, Yurihonjō-shi, Akita-ken |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Uetsu Main Line |
Distance: | 251.8 kilometers from |
Platforms: | 1 side + 1 island platform |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Opened: | February 22, 1922 |
Map Type: | Japan Akita Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Michikawa Station |
is a railway station in the city of Yurihonjō, Akita Prefecture, Japan, operated by JR East.
Michikawa Station is served by the Uetsu Main Line, and is located 251.8km (156.5miles) from the terminus of the line at Niitsu Station.
The station has one side platform and one island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is unattended.
Michikawa Station opened on February 22, 1922, as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Rikuusai Line, serving the village of Michikawa, Akita. It was switched to the control of the JGR Uetsu Main Line on April 20, 1924. The JGR became the JNR (Japan National Railway) after World War II. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the East Japan Railway Company.[1]