Kita-Yamagata Station

Kita-Yamagata Station (北山形駅, Kita-Yamagata-eki) is a railway station in the city of Yamagata, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Kita-Yamagata Station 北山形駅
West entrance in March 2017
Location	1-7 Kitamachi, Yamagata-shi, Yamagata-ken, 990-0821 Japan
Coordinates	38°15′57″N 140°19′58″E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Ōu Main Line ■ Senzan Line ■ Aterazawa Line
Distance	89.0 km from Fukushima
Platforms	1 island + 4 side platforms
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
History
Opened	20 July 1921
Traffic
Passengers (FY2018)	1,590 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Yamagata toward Fukushima Yamagata Line Uzen-Chitose toward Shinjō Yamagata Terminus Senzan Line Rapid A B C Local Uzen-Chitose toward Sendai Aterazawa Line Higashi-Kanai toward Aterazawa
Location
Kita-Yamagata Station Location within Yamagata Prefecture Show map of Yamagata Prefecture Kita-Yamagata Station Kita-Yamagata Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Kita-Yamagata Station is served by the Ōu Main Line and Senzan Line, and is located 89.0 rail kilometers from the starting point of these lines at Fukushima Station.[1] It also forms the terminus for the Aterazawa Line.

Station layout

Track diagram

East entrance, May 2005

The station is arranged in a "Y"-shaped configuration. The Ōu Main Line is served by a side platform and one side of an island platform. The other side of the island platform and an additional side platform are used by the Senzan Line. The Aterazawa Line connects to the station with a pair of opposed side platforms at an angle to the station building.

The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1	■ Ōu Main Line	for Shinjō, Yamagata, and Fukushima
2	■ Ōu Main Line	not in normal use
3	■ Senzan Line	for Yamagata and Sendai
4	■ Senzan Line	not in normal use
5	■ Aterazawa Line	for Yamagata
6	■ Aterazawa Line	for Yamagata, Sagae, and Aterazawa

History

Kita-Yamagata Station opened on 20 July 1921 as a station on the Aterazawa light railway line.[1] Services on the Ōu Main Line began on 11 September 1927[1] and on the Senzan West Line from 17 October 1933. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987.[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 1590 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	Daily average
2000	1,647[3]
2005	1,662[4]
2010	1,621[5]
2015	1,554[6]

Surrounding area

A kind of Manneken Pis in front of the east entrance

• Manneken Pis in front of the east entrance
• Yamagata Civic Athletic Field
• Yamagata-ken Gokoku Shrine
• Chōkai Gassan Ryōshogū Shrine

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. II. Japan: JTB. pp. 529, 546. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
2. 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.
3. 各駅の乗車人員 (2000年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
4. 各駅の乗車人員 (2005年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
5. 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
6. 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 17 March 2020.

External links

Media related to Kita-Yamagata Station at Wikimedia Commons

• JR East Station information (in Japanese)