History
Furukuchi Station opened on 7 December 1913 as the temporary terminus of the Sakata Line in what is now Tozawa, Yamagata. The line was extended to Kiyokawa on 14 June 1914, leaving Furukuchi as an intermediate stop, and the route was reorganised as the Rikuu West Line on 1 November 1917. Freight handling ended on 20 September 1978 and parcel handling on 1 February 1984. The station passed to East Japan Railway Company (JR East) on 1 April 1987 with the privatisation of Japanese National Railways, was contracted to a simplified arrangement on 16 March 1991, and saw its station building replaced on 8 March 2014. Service was suspended from 2022 for tunnel works and resumed in January 2026.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Furukuchi Station is the only intermediate station on the Rikuu West Line where two trains can pass each other, with an island platform serving both a main and a sub-main track.