Amarume Station

Amarume Station (余目駅, Amarume-eki) is a junction railway station in the town of Shōnai, Yamagata, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Amarume Station

余目駅
Station building, July 2009
LocationSawada Amarume, Shōnai-machi, Higashitagawa-gun, Yamagata-ken 999-7781
Japan
Coordinates38°50′40″N 139°54′41″E
Operated by JR East
Line(s)
Distance154.7 kilometers from Niitsu
Platforms1 side + 2 island platforms
Other information
StatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi )
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened20 September 1914
Passengers
FY2018503 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station
Tsuruoka
toward Kogota
 Inaho Sakata
toward Onagawa
Nishibukuro
toward Niitsu
 Uetsu Main Line Kita-Amarume
toward Akita
Karikawa
toward Shinjō
 Rikuu West Line
Rapid Mogamigawa
 Sakata
Terminus
Minamino
One-way operation
Minamino
toward Shinjō
 Rikuu West Line
Local
 Kita-Amarume
toward Sakata
Location
AmarumeStation
Location within Yamagata Prefecture
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Lines

Amarume Station is served by the Rikuu West Line and the Uetsu Main Line. The station is located 154.7 rail kilometers from the starting point of the Uetsu Main Line at Niitsu Station, and is the official terminus of the 42.0 kilometer Rikuu West Line, although most trains continue on to Sakata Station.

Station layout

Amarume Station has one side platform next to the station building and two island platforms connected by a footbridge. However, as Platform 1 is short, it is not in normal operation. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms
1 ■ Uetsu Main Line out of service
2 ■ Uetsu Main Line for Sakata, Ugo-Honjō, and Akita
3 ■ Uetsu Main Line for Tsuruoka, Murakami, and Niigata
4 ■ Rikuu West Line for Sakata
5 ■ Rikuu West Line for Shinjō and Furukuchi

History

Amarume Station opened on 20 September 1914.[1] A new station building was opened in 1965.[2] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 503 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal yearDaily average
2000774[4]
2005647[5]
2010527[6]
2015497[7]

Surrounding area
  • Shōnai Town Hall
  • Amarume Post Office

See also

References
  1. 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 137. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
  2. Kouznetsov (4 August 2013). "羽越本線 余目駅". 羽越線資料館.
  3. 各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  4. 各駅の乗車人員 (2000年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  5. 各駅の乗車人員 (2005年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  6. 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  7. 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 10 March 2020.

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