Higashi-Sakata Station

Location
	Higashi-Sakata Station Location within Yamagata Prefecture Higashi-Sakata Station Higashi-Sakata Station (Japan)

Higashi-Sakata Station

東酒田駅
Higashi-Sakata Station; 東酒田駅
	Higashi-Sakata Station
General information
Location	Omachi-aze Izumo 5, Sakata-shi, Yamagata-ken; Japan
Coordinates	38°54′27″N 139°52′32″E / 38.907619°N 139.875444°E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Uetsu Main Line; ■ Rikuu West Line;
Distance	163.7 kilometers from Niitsu
Platforms	2 side platforms
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	December 25, 1958
Services
Location
Location
	Higashi-Sakata Station Location within Yamagata Prefecture Higashi-Sakata Station Higashi-Sakata Station (Japan)

Higashi-Sakata Station (東酒田駅, Higashi-Sakata-eki) is a railway station located in the city of Sakata, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Higashi Sakata Station is served by the Uetsu Main Line and is located 163.7 rail kilometers from the starting point of that line at Niitsu Station. Trains of the Rikuu West Line also continue past the nominal terminus of that line at Amarume Station towards Sakata, stopping at this station en route.

Station layout

The station has two opposed side platforms connected by a footbridge. The station is unattended.

Platforms

1	■ Uetsu Main Line	for Tsuruoka and Sakata
	■ Rikuu West Line	for Sakata
2	■ Uetsu Main Line	for Ugo-Honjō and Akita
	■ Rikuu West Line	for Shinjō and Furukuchi

History

Higashi-Sakata Station began operations as the Higashi-Sakata Signal (東酒田信号場) on March 31, 1944, and was elevated to a full station on the JNR (Japan National Railway) on December 25, 1958. It has been unattended since September 1972. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the East Japan Railway Company.^[1]

Surrounding area

The station is located in a rural area surrounded by rice paddies.

References

^ Ishino, Tetsu (1 October 1998). 停車場変遷大事典国鉄・JR編 Ⅱ [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR II] (in Japanese) (1st ed.). JTB. p. 563.

External links

JR East Station information (in Japanese)

This Yamagata Prefecture railroad station-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[1] Ishino, Tetsu (1 October 1998). 停車場変遷大事典国鉄・JR編 Ⅱ [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR II] (in Japanese) (1st ed.). JTB. p. 563.

[1]