History
Higashi-Sendai Station traces back to the Nigatake Signal Box, opened on 18 October 1909, which had no platforms but allowed passenger boarding. It was upgraded to a full station as Higashi-Sendai on 25 July 1932, and the surrounding district was developed in Sendai's first land-readjustment project under the new urban planning law. In 1936 the adjacent Sendai Government Granary was opened, served by a now-removed spur. The Miyagino Freight Line and Miyagino Station opened in 1960, making Higashi-Sendai the junction between passenger and freight tracks. The station was transferred to JR East at the 1 April 1987 privatisation of Japanese National Railways. The wartime wooden station building was demolished and a new building entered service on 28 February 2016.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.