Yamagata Station

Yamagata Station 山形駅
East entrance, August 2006
Location
Prefecture	Yamagata (See other stations in Yamagata)
City	Yamagata
Neighborhood	1 Kasumi-chō
Postal code	990-0039
Address in Japanese	山形県山形市香澄町一丁目
Coordinates
History
Opened	1901
Rail services
Operator(s)	JR East
Line(s)	Ōu Main Line
Statistics	10,860 passengers/day (FY2012)
Major bus terminal(s) attached to the station

Yamagata Station (山形駅, Yamagata-eki) is a railway station in Yamagata, Yamagata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines 1
Station layout 2
- Platforms 2.1
Adjacent stations 3
History 4
Passenger statistics 5
Surrounding area 6
References 7
External links 8

Lines

Yamagata Station is served by the following lines.

Station layout

Platforms

The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office and a View Plaza travel agency.

Platforms

1, 2	■ Yamagata Shinkansen	for Fukushima, Utsunomiya, Ōmiya, and Tokyo for Sakurambo-Higashine, Shinjō
3, 4	■ Yamagata Line	for Tendō, Sakurambo-Higashine, and Shinjō for Yonezawa and Fukushima
5	■ Special platform	for additional trains and services
6	■ Aterazawa Line	for Sagae and Aterazawa
7	■ Senzan Line	for Yamadera, Ayashi, and Sendai

Adjacent stations

«	Service
Yamagata Shinkansen
Kaminoyama Onsen	Tsubasa	Tendō
Ōu Main Line (Yamagata Line)
Zaō	Local	Kita-Yamagata
Senzan Line
Kita-Yamagata	Rapid	Terminus
Kita-Yamagata	Local	Terminus
Aterazawa Line
Terminus	Local	Kita-Yamagata

History

Yamagata Station opened on 11 April 1901.^[1] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.^[2]

Yamagata Shinkansen services started on 1 July 1992. From 4 December 1999, Yamagata Shinkansen services were extended to Shinjō Station.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2012, the station was used by an average of 10,860 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[3] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	Daily average
2000	11,800^[4]
2005	11,096^[5]
2010	10,562^[6]
2011	10,518^[7]
2012	10,860^[3]

Surrounding area

Yamagata City Office
Yamagata Museum of Art
Mogami Yoshiaki Historical Museum
Yamagata Citizens' Hall
Yamagata Gakuin High School
Yamagata No. 3 Junior High School

References

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External links

Yamagata Station (JR East) (Japanese)
Yamagata Station map

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Yamagata Station