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	Akayu Station Location within Yamagata Prefecture Akayu Station Akayu Station (Japan)

Akayu Station

赤湯駅
Akayu Station; 赤湯駅
	Akayu Station in October 2015
General information
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 / 38.047222°N 140.149094°E
Operated by	JR East; Yamagata Railway;
Line(s)	Yamagata Shinkansen; Ōu Main Line; ■ Flower Nagai Line;
Distance	56.1 km (34.9 mi) from Fukushima
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platform
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
History
Opened	21 April 1900; 124 years ago
Passengers
FY2018	1,322 daily (JR East)
Services
Location
Location
	Akayu Station Location within Yamagata Prefecture Akayu Station Akayu Station (Japan)

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.

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

References

^ 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)

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[jreast2018stats-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.

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Akayu Station