Ashisawa Station
Ashisawa Station 芦沢駅 | |||||||||||
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Ashisawa Station, May 2005 | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | 1012 Ashizawa, Obanazawa-shi, Yamagata-ken 999-4554 Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°39′20″N 140°21′40″E / 38.655489°N 140.361064°E | ||||||||||
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Line(s) | ■ Ōu Main Line | ||||||||||
Distance | 133.7 km from Fukushima | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Status | Staffed | ||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | December 1, 1916 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
FY2018 | 56 | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Ashisawa Station (芦沢駅, Ashisawa-eki) is a railway station located in the city of Obanazawa, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
[edit]Ashisawa Station is served by the Ōu Main Line, and is located 133.7 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Fukushima Station.
Station layout
[edit]Ashisawa station has two opposed side platforms, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.
Platforms
[edit]1 | ■ Ōu Main Line | for Yamagata, Murakami |
2 | ■ Ōu Main Line | for Shinjō |
History
[edit]Ashisawa Station opened on December 1, 1916. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987.
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2018, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 45 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Surrounding area
[edit]Although located within the city limits of Obanazawa, Ashisawa Station is located in a rural area isolated from the city center by a range of mountains. The station of Ōishida in the neighboring town of Ōishida is much more convenient to the city center.
- Mogami River
National Route 13
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit] Media related to Ashisawa Station at Wikimedia Commons
- JR East Station information (in Japanese)