Furukawa Station
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is an East Japan Railway Company
(JR East) railway station located in Ōsaki, Miyagi
, Japan
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East Japan Railway Company
is the largest passenger railway company in the world and one of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo....
(JR East) railway station located in Ōsaki, Miyagi
Osaki, Miyagi
is a city located in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Its area is 796.76 km², and its population was 135,129 as of November 1, 2010. The area was hard-hit during the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake.The city was formed on March 31, 2006, when several jurisdictions merged together....
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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History
- April 20, 1913: Station is opened.
- June 11, 1915: Station name is changed to Rikuzen-Furukawa Station.
- November 1, 1980: Station name is changed back to Furukawa Station, and the station is relocated to its present spot.
- June 23, 1982: Service on the Tōhoku Shinkansen is started.