Yonezawa Station

Yonezawa Station
米沢駅

Yonezawa Station in August 2012
Location 1-1-43, Ekimae, Yonezawa, Yamagata
Japan
Coordinates 37°54′35″N 140°07′42″E / 37.909636°N 140.128208°E / 37.909636; 140.128208Coordinates: 37°54′35″N 140°07′42″E / 37.909636°N 140.128208°E / 37.909636; 140.128208
Operated by JR East
Line(s)
Connections Bus terminal
History
Opened 1899
Traffic
Passengers (FY2012) 2,518 daily
Location
Yonezawa Station
Location within Japan

Yonezawa Station (米沢駅, Yonezawa-eki) is a railway station in Yonezawa, Yamagata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Yonezawa Station is served by the Ōu Main Line and the Yamagata Shinkansen, and is located 40.1 kilometers from the starting point of both lines at Fukushima Station. It is also a terminal station for the Yonesaka Line.

Station layout

Yonezawa Station is an elevated station with one partial bay platform used for tracks 1, 4 and 5 and one island platform, serving tracks 2 and 3. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1 ■ Yamagata Shinkansen for Yamagata, Shinjō
For Fukushima, Utsunomiya, Ōmiya, and Tokyo
■ Yamagata Line for Yamagata and Shinjō
2 ■ Yamagata Shinkansen for Yamagata and Shinjō
For Fukushima, Ōmiya, Utsunomiya, and Tokyo
■ Yamagata Line for Akayu and Yamagata
For Fukushima
3 ■ Yamagata Line for Akayu and Yamagata
For Fukushima
4,5 ■ Yonesaka Line for Imaizumi, Oguni and Sakamachi

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Yamagata Shinkansen
Fukushima     Takahata
Ōu Main Line
Sekine   Local   Oitama
Yonesaka Line
Terminus   Local   Minami-Yonezawa

History

Yonezawa Station opened on 15 May 1899. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987. The Yamagata Shinkansen began operations from 1 July 1992. A new station building was completed in November 1993.

Surrounding area

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