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Takatama Station

Coordinates: 38°19′52″N 140°21′32″E / 38.331014°N 140.359014°E / 38.331014; 140.359014
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Takatama Station

高擶駅
Takatama Station platform, October 2005
General information
LocationNagaoka, Tendō-shi, Yamagata-ken
Japan
Coordinates38°19′52″N 140°21′32″E / 38.331014°N 140.359014°E / 38.331014; 140.359014
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Ōu Main Line
Distance97.0 km from Fukushima
Platforms1 side platform
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened5 March 1952
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Urushiyama
towards Fukushima
Yamagata Line Tendō-Minami
towards Shinjō
Location
Takatama Station is located in Tendo, Yamagata
Takatama Station
Takatama Station
Location within Tendo, Yamagata
Takatama Station is located in Yamagata Prefecture
Takatama Station
Takatama Station
Takatama Station (Yamagata Prefecture)
Takatama Station is located in Japan
Takatama Station
Takatama Station
Takatama Station (Japan)

Takatama Station (高擶駅, Takatama-eki) is a railway station in the city of Tendō, Yamagata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

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Takatama Station is served by the Ōu Main Line, and is located 97.0 kilometres (60.3 mi) rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Fukushima Station.[1]

Station layout

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The station has one side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended.

History

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Takatama Station opened on 5 March 1952.[2] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987.[1] A new station building was completed in 1999.[citation needed]

Surrounding area

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The area around the station is a dormitory community which then gives way in the west to rice paddies and fields and to the east to the mountains.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 530. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  2. ^ 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 126. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
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