Akayu Station

Akayu Station (赤湯駅, Akayu-eki) is a junction railway station in the city of Nan'yō, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan., operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East), with the Yamagata Railway Company as a tenant.

Akayu Station 赤湯駅
Akayu Station in October 2015
Location	Kōriyama, Nan'yō-shi, Yamagaa-ken (JR East) 863 Wakasagōya, Nan'yō-shi, Yamagata-ken (Yamagata Railway) Japan
Coordinates	38°02′50″N 140°08′57″E
Operated by	JR East Yamagata Railway
Line(s)	Yamagata Shinkansen ■ Ōu Main Line ■ Flower Nagai Line
Distance	56.1 km from Fukushima
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platform
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
History
Opened	21 April 1900.
Traffic
Passengers (FY2018)	1322 daily (JR East)
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Takahata toward Tokyo Yamagata Shinkansen Tsubasa Kaminoyama-Onsen toward Shinjō Takahata toward Fukushima Yamagata Line Nakagawa toward Shinjō Preceding station Yamagata Railway Following station Nanyō-Shiyakusho toward Arato Flower Nagai Line Terminus
Location
Akayu Station Location within Yamagata Prefecture Show map of Yamagata Prefecture Akayu Station Akayu Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

The west entrance in September 2012

Lines

Akayu Station is served by the Ōu Main Line and the Yamagata Shinkansen, and is located 56.1 rail kilometers from the terminus of both lines at Fukushima Station and 328.9 kilometers from Tokyo Station. It is also the terminus of the Yamagata Railway Flower Nagai Line and is located 30.5 kilometers from the opposing terminal of the line a Arato

Station layout

The station has one side platform and one island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1	■ Yamagata Shinkansen	for Yonezawa, Fukushima, Tokyo
2	■ Yamagata Shinkansen	for Yamagata and Shinjō
3	■ Yamagata Line	for Yonezawa
4	■ Flower Nagai Line	for Miyauchi, Imaizumi, Arato

History

Akayu Station opened on 21 April 1900. The Yamagata Railway connected to the station on 26 October 1913. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 1322 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area

• Akayu Hot Springs
• National Route 113

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. 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.

External links

Media related to Akayu Station at Wikimedia Commons

• JR East station information (in Japanese)