Ringō Station

Ringō Station 梨郷駅
Ringō Station
General information
Location	Takehara, Nan'yō, Yamagata （山形県南陽市竹原） Japan
Coordinates	38°03′26″N 140°05′53″E
Operated by	Yamagata Railway
Line(s)	Flower Nagai Line
History
Opened	1913
Passengers
FY 2011	24 daily

Ringō Station (梨郷駅, Ringō-eki) is a railway station in Nan'yō, Yamagata, Japan, operated by the Yamagata Railway.

Lines

Ringō Station is a station on the Flower Nagai Line, and is located 6.8 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Akayu Station.

Station layout

Ringō Station has a single side platform serving traffic in both directions. The station is unattended.

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Flower Nagai Line
Orihata		Local		Nishi-Ōtsuka

History

Ringō Station opened on 26 October 1913.[1] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, and became a station on the Yamagata Railway from 25 October 1988.[2] A new station building in the style of a log cabin was completed in July 1999.

Surrounding area

• Mogami River
• National Route 113

References

1. "今昔物語-梨郷駅" (in Japanese). Yamagata Railway Co., Ltd. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
2. "長井線の歴史" [History of the Nagai Line]. flower-liner.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 17 January 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2024.

External links

• Flower Nagai Line (in Japanese)