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
Location	Sawada Amarume, Shōnai-machi, Higashitagawa-gun, Yamagata-ken 999-7781 Japan
Coordinates	38°50′40″N 139°54′41″E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Uetsu Main Line ■ Rikuu West Line
Distance	154.7 kilometers from Niitsu
Platforms	1 side + 2 island platforms
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi )
Website	Official website
History
Opened	20 September 1914
Traffic
Passengers (FY2018)	503 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 Show map of Yamagata Prefecture AmarumeStation AmarumeStation (Japan) Show map of Japan

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 year	Daily average
2000	774[4]
2005	647[5]
2010	527[6]
2015	497[7]

Surrounding area

• Shōnai Town Hall
• Amarume Post Office

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

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.

External links

Media related to Amarume Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Amarume Station information (JR East) (in Japanese)