Yuze-Onsen Station

Yuze-Onsen Station
湯瀬温泉駅
Yuze-Onsen Station
Location
Prefecture Akita
(See other stations in Akita)
City Kazuno
Neighborhood etc. Hachimantai aze Yuze 53-4
Postal code018-5141
(in Japanese)秋田県鹿角市八幡平字湯瀬53-4
History
Year opened 1931
Former name Yuze Station
Present name since 1995
Rail services
Operator(s) East Japan Railway Company
Line(s) Hanawa Line
Statistics 28 passengers/day (2012)

Yuze-Onsen Station (湯瀬温泉駅 Yuze-Onsen-eki) is a JR East railway station located in Kazuno, Akita Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

Yuze-Onsen Station is served by the Hanawa Line, and is located 59.9 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kōma Station.

Station layout

Yuze-Onsen Station consists of a single side platform serving bi-directional traffic. The station is unattended. Yuze-Onsen Station is a kan'i itaku station administered by Kazuno-Hanawa Station and operated by Yuze-Onsen meeting group, with point-of-sales terminal installed. Ordinary tickets, express tickets, and reserved-seat tickets for all JR lines are on sale (no connecting tickets).

Platforms

1 ■Hanawa Line for Kōma
for Ōdate

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Hanawa Line
Tayama Rapid Kazuno-Hanawa
Anihata Local Hachimantai

History

Yuze-Onsen Station was opened on October 17, 1931 as Yuze Station (湯瀬駅) on the privately owned Akita Railways, serving the village of Hachimantai, Akita. The line was nationalized on June 1, 1934, becoming part of the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) system. The JGR became the Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War II. The station was renamed to its present name on December 1, 1995. The station has been unattended since October 1, 1971. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987.

Surrounding area

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Coordinates: 40°7′20.55″N 140°50′25.45″E / 40.1223750°N 140.8404028°E