Rifu

Departure data for this station is not available on this site.

Rifu Station opened on 4 January 1894 as an intermediate stop on the Nippon Railway main line from Iwakiri to Ichinoseki, established after a local benefactor donated the land. It was originally a fifth-class station handling local passengers and the export of rice and Rifu pears. During the Pacific War a new "sea line" was opened on 15 November 1944 via Rikuzen-Sannō to bypass the steep grade through Rifu, and on 1 July 1962 the section beyond Rifu to Matsushima was withdrawn, leaving Rifu as the terminus of a 4.3-kilometre branch. The Iwakiri-Rifu section was electrified at 20 kV AC on 2 October 1978, and a second platform was reinstated in 2002 to handle 2002 FIFA World Cup crowds at the nearby Miyagi Stadium.

Seven locomotives, including ED75 1 and EF71 1, were once preserved within the station premises, but they were transferred to the Shinkansen General Rolling Stock Center in March 2005 (only DD15 4 was dismantled on site).