Akakura-Onsen Station

Akakura-Onsen Station
赤倉温泉駅
Akakura Onsen Station in July 2009
Location 1341 Tomisawa, Mogami, Mogami, Yamagata
（山形県最上郡最上町大字富澤1341）
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Rikuu East Line
Connections
  • Bus stop
History
Opened 1917
Previous names Uzen-Akakura; Tomisawa (until 1999)

Akakura-Onsen Station (赤倉温泉駅, Akakura-Onsen-eki) is a railway station on the Rikuu East Line in Mogami, Yamagata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Akakura-Onsen Station is served by the Rikuu East Line, and is located 61.6 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kogota Station.

Station layout

Akakura-Onsen Station has one platform, serving a bidirectional single track. The platform was originally an island platform, but there are no longer any tracks on one side. The station is unattended.

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Rikuu East Line
Sakaida   Local   Tachikōji

History

Akakura-Onsen Station opened on November 1, 1917, as Tomisawa Station (.富沢駅, Tomisawa-eki). It was renamed Uzen-Akakura Station (羽前赤倉, Uzen-Akakura eki) on November 15, 1954. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987. It was renamed to its present name on December 4, 1999.

Surrounding area

Coordinates: 38°43′50″N 140°33′14″E / 38.7306°N 140.5539°E / 38.7306; 140.5539


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