Yonezawa Station

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

Yonezawa Station

米沢駅
Yonezawa Station in August 2012
Location1-1-43, Ekimae, Yonezawa-shi, Yamagata-ken 992-0027
Japan
Coordinates37°54′35″N 140°07′42″E
Operated by JR East
Line(s)
Distance40.1 km from Fukushima
ConnectionsBus terminal
Other information
StatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened15 May 1899
Traffic
Passengers (FY2018)2389 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station
Fukushima
toward Tokyo
 Yamagata Shinkansen
Tsubasa		 Takahata
toward Shinjō
Sekine
toward Fukushima
 Yamagata Line Oitama
toward Shinjō
Minami-Yonezawa
toward Sakamachi
 Yonesaka Line Terminus
Location
Yonezawa Station
Location within Yamagata Prefecture
Yonezawa Station
Yonezawa Station (Japan)

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 the eastern terminal station for the Yonesaka Line and is located 90.7 kilometers from the western terminal at Sakamachi.

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

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.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 2389 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area

See also
  • List of Railway Stations in Japan

References
  1. 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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