Akayu Station

Akayu Station (赤湯駅, Akayu-eki) is a junction railway station in the city of Nan'yō, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan., operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East), with the Yamagata Railway Company as a tenant.

Akayu Station

赤湯駅
Akayu Station in October 2015
LocationKōriyama, Nan'yō-shi, Yamagaa-ken (JR East)
863 Wakasagōya, Nan'yō-shi, Yamagata-ken (Yamagata Railway)
Japan
Coordinates38°02′50″N 140°08′57″E
Operated by
Line(s)
Distance56.1 km from Fukushima
Platforms1 side + 1 island platform
Other information
StatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
History
Opened21 April 1900.
Passengers
FY20181322 daily (JR East)
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station
Takahata
toward Tokyo
 Yamagata Shinkansen
Tsubasa		 Kaminoyama-Onsen
toward Shinjō
Takahata
toward Fukushima
 Yamagata Line Nakagawa
toward Shinjō
Preceding station Yamagata Railway Following station
Nanyō-Shiyakusho
toward Arato
 Flower Nagai Line Terminus
Location
Akayu Station
Location within Yamagata Prefecture
Akayu Station
Akayu Station (Japan)
The west entrance in September 2012

Lines

Akayu Station is served by the Ōu Main Line and the Yamagata Shinkansen, and is located 56.1 rail kilometers from the terminus of both lines at Fukushima Station and 328.9 kilometers from Tokyo Station. It is also the terminus of the Yamagata Railway Flower Nagai Line and is located 30.5 kilometers from the opposing terminal of the line a Arato

Station layout

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 Yonezawa, Fukushima, Tokyo
2 ■ Yamagata Shinkansen for Yamagata and Shinjō
3 ■ Yamagata Line for Yonezawa
4 ■ Flower Nagai Line for Miyauchi, Imaizumi, Arato

History

Akayu Station opened on 21 April 1900. The Yamagata Railway connected to the station on 26 October 1913. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 1322 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area

See also

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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