Ringō Station

Ringō Station 梨郷駅
Ringō Station
Location	Takehara, Nan'yō, Yamagata （山形県南陽市竹原） Japan
Coordinates	38°03′26″N 140°05′53″E / 38.057281°N 140.098111°E / 38.057281; 140.098111Coordinates: 38°03′26″N 140°05′53″E / 38.057281°N 140.098111°E / 38.057281; 140.098111
Operated by	Yamagata Railway
Line(s)	Flower Nagai Line
History
Opened	1913
Traffic
Passengers (FY 2011)	24 daily

Ringō Station (梨郷駅, Ringō-eki) is a railway station in Nan'yō, Yamagata, Japan, operated by the Yamagata Railway.

Lines

Ringō Station is a station on the Flower Nagai Line, and is located 6.8 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Akayu Station.

Station layout

Ringō Station has a single side platform serving traffic in both directions. The station is unattended.

Adjacent stations

History

Ringō Station opened on 15 November 1914. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, and became a station on the Yamagata Railway from 25 October 1988. A new station building in the style of a log cabin was completed in July 1999.

Surrounding area

• Mogami River
• National Route 113

External links

• Flower Nagai Line (in Japanese)