Kurikoma-Kōgen Station, Shinkansen railway station in Kurihara, Japan.
Kurikoma-Kōgen Station is a high-speed railway station serving the Tōhoku Shinkansen line in Miyagi Prefecture. It has two elevated side platforms with safety doors and two tracks for long-distance service.
The station opened on March 10, 1990, as part of the Tōhoku Shinkansen expansion project toward Morioka. This development brought high-speed rail service to a previously remote area of northeastern Japan.
Located 386.94 kilometers from Tokyo, this station represents the integration of advanced rail technology in the Miyagi Prefecture transportation network.
The station has a staffed ticket counter known as Midori no Madoguchi, which provides travel information. From here, passengers can reach major destinations like Sendai and Shin-Aomori.
An average of 1,048 passengers board trains daily at this station, which sits at coordinates 38.748728 latitude and 141.071577 longitude.
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