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Rikuzen-Akai Station is a railway station in the city of Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).LinesRikuzen-Akai Station is served by the Senseki Line and is located 43.1 kilometers from the starting point of the Senseki Line at Aoba-dōri Station. It is also served by trains of the Senseki-Tōhoku Line.HistoryRikuzen-Akai Station opened on November 22, 1928, as a station on the Miyagi Electric Railway. The Miyagi Electric Railway was nationalized on May 1, 1944. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987. The station was closed from March 11, 2011 due to damage to the line associated with the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Services were restored to and on July 16, 2011. A new station building was completed in February 2012.Passenger statisticsIn fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 570 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).Surrounding area National Route 45 Senseki Hospital Miyagi-Akai Post Office