Kitaura (Miyagi)

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Kitaura Station opened on 13 September 1914 and is a station on the JR East Rikuu East Line at Dōsojinmae, Kitaura, Misato-machi, Tōda District, Miyagi Prefecture. A completion ceremony for a new station building was held on 18 May 1947 (it had come into use from 13 May), and on 30 November 1971 the handling of small-lot freight and parcels ended, ticket gates became unstaffed, and the station moved to simplified consignment with only train-operation staff on hand. It became fully unstaffed with the introduction of CTC on 7 March 1983, and it became a JR East station at the privatisation of the national railway on 1 April 1987. The Suica IC card became usable there from 26 March 2016, and Eki-net Q-ticket service began on 1 October 2024. It has an island platform serving two tracks, with the station building and platform connected by a level crossing within the station premises.

Pears grown in the pear orchards around the station are known as Kitaura pears.