Atsumi Onsen Station

Atsumi Onsen Station
あつみ温泉駅
Atsumi Onsen Station, July 2009
Location
Prefecture Yamagata
(See other stations in Yamagata)
City Tsuruoka
Neighborhood etc. Atsumi
Postal code999-7205
(in Japanese)山形県鶴岡市温海
History
Year opened 1923
Former name Atsumi Station
Present name since 1977
Rail services
Operator(s) JR East
Line(s) Uetsu Main Line
Statistics 132 passengers/day (FY2012)

Atsumi Onsen Station (あつみ温泉駅 Atsumi Onsen-eki) is a railway station on the Uetsu Main Line in Tsuruoka, Yamagata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Atsumi Onsen Station is served by the Uetsu Main Line, and is located 109.8 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Niitsu Station.[1]

Station layout

Atsumi Onsen Station has a single island platform and a side platform, serving three tracks. The platforms are connected to the station building by an underpass. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1 Uetsu Main Line for Tsuruoka, Akita and Sakata
2 Uetsu Main Line passing loop
3 Uetsu Main Line for Niitsu and Murakami

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Uetsu Main Line
Koiwagawa   Local   Iragawa

History

The station opened on March 18, 1923, as Atsumi Station (温海駅).[1] A new station building was completed in December 1963.[2] The station was renamed Atsumi Onsen Station on October 1, 1977.[1] With the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2012, the station was used by an average of 132 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year Daily average
2000 271[4]
2005 218[5]
2010 133[6]
2011 114[7]
2012 132[3]

Surrounding area

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] II. Japan: JTB. p. 561. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  2. Kouznetsov (4 August 2013). "羽越本線 あつみ温泉駅". 羽越線資料館.
  3. 3.0 3.1 各駅の乗車人員 (2012年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2012)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2013-12-15.
  4. 各駅の乗車人員 (2000年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2013-12-15.
  5. 各駅の乗車人員 (2005年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2013-12-15.
  6. 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2013-12-15.
  7. 各駅の乗車人員 (2011年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2013-12-15.

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Coordinates: 38°37′27.4″N 139°35′16.8″E / 38.624278°N 139.588000°E