Murayama Station (Yamagata)

Murayama Station (村山駅, Murayama-eki) is a railway station in the city of Murayama, Yamagata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Murayama Station

村山駅
East entrance of Murayama Station in May 2011
Location1 Tateoka-shimmachi, Murayama-shi, Yamagata-ken 995-0033
Japan
Coordinates38°28′24″N 140°23′11″E
Operated by JR East
Line(s)
Distance113.5 km from Fukushima
Platforms1 side + 1 island platform
Other information
StatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
History
Opened23 August 1901
Previous namesTateoka (until 1999)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2018)1008 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station
Sakurambo-Higashine
toward Tokyo
 Yamagata Shinkansen
Tsubasa		 Ōishida
toward Shinjō
Higashine
toward Fukushima
 Yamagata Line Sodesaki
toward Shinjō
Location
Murayama Station
Location within Yamagata Prefecture
Murayama Station
Murayama Station (Japan)

Lines

Murayama Station is served by the Ōu Main Line and the Yamagata Shinkansen, with direct high-speed Tsubasa services to and from Tokyo. It is located 113.5 rail kilometers from the terminus of both lines at Fukushima Station and 386.3 kilometers from Tokyo Station.[1]

Station layout
The west entrance in September 2012

The station has one side platform and one island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms
1 ■ Yamagata Shinkansen for Yamagata, Fukushima, Ōmiya, and Tokyo
■ Yamagata Line for Tendō, and Yamagata
2 ■ Yamagata Shinkansen for Yamagata, Fukushima, Ōmiya, and Tokyo
for Shinjō
■ Yamagata Line for Tendō and Yamagata
for Shinjō
3 ■ Yamagata Shinkansen for Shinjō
■ Yamagata Line for Shinjō
for Yamagata

History

The station opened on 23 August 1901 as Tateoka Station (楯岡駅).[2] A new station building was completed in March 1935. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987.[1] The station was renamed Murayama Station on 4 December 1999 with the start of Yamagata Shinkansen operations. The current station building was completed on the same date.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 1008 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]

Surrounding area

See also

References
  1. Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. II. Japan: JTB. pp. 530–531. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  2. 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 126. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
  3. 各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
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