History
Nishi-Furukawa Station opened on 20 April 1913 as Naka-Nitta Station (中新田駅) on the Rikuu Line, in what is now Ōsaki, Miyagi Prefecture. The Sendai Railway, a light railway from Sendai, began operating into the station on 17 September 1929 and continued until that line closed on 1 May 1960. The station was renamed Nishi-Furukawa on 1 April 1957. Freight handling ceased on 30 November 1971 and parcel handling on 1 February 1984. The station was absorbed into the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) on 1 April 1987 and became unattended on 1 April 2005. Counter sales resumed on 1 April 2025 to serve students of the new Ōsaki Japanese Language School.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.