Sagoshi Station

Sagoshi Station

砂越駅
Sagoshi Station in August 2019
General information
LocationSagoshi, Sakata-shi, Yamagata-ken 999-6701
Japan
Coordinates38°53′42″N 139°54′26″E / 38.895108°N 139.907361°E / 38.895108; 139.907361
Operated by JR East
Line(s)
Distance160.4 km from Niitsu
Platforms2 side platforms
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
Websitewww.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=741
History
Opened24 December 1914
Passengers
FY2012190 daily
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Kita-Amarume
towards Niitsu
 Uetsu Main Line Higashi-Sakata
towards Akita
Kita-Amarume
towards Shinjō
 Rikuu West Line
Local
 Higashi-Sakata
towards Sakata
Location
Sagoshi Station is located in Yamagata Prefecture
Sagoshi Station
Sagoshi Station
Location within Yamagata Prefecture
Sagoshi Station is located in Japan
Sagoshi Station
Sagoshi Station
Sagoshi Station (Japan)

Sagoshi Station (砂越駅, Sagoshi eki) is a railway station in the city of Sakata, Yamagata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Sagoshi Station is served by the Uetsu Main Line and is located 160.4 rail kilometers from the starting point of that line at Niitsu Station. Trains of the Rikuu West Line also continue past the nominal terminus of that line at Amarume Station towards Sakata, stopping at this station en route.

Station layout

Sagoshi Station has two opposed side platforms connected by a footbridge. The station is unstaffed.[citation needed]

Platforms

1 ■ Uetsu Main Line for Tsuruoka and Sakata
  ■ Rikuu West Line for Sakata
2 ■ Uetsu Main Line for Ugo-Honjō and Akita
  ■ Rikuu West Line for Shinjō and Furukuchi

History

Sagoshi Station opened on December 24, 1914. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

Surrounding area

  • former Hirata Town Hall

See also

Media related to Sagoshi Station at Wikimedia Commons