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Yamagata Station

Yamagata Station
山形駅
Yamagata Station.jpg
East entrance, August 2006
Location 1 Kasumi-chō, Yamagata, Yamagata
(山形県山形市香澄町一丁目)
Japan
Coordinates 38°14′55″N 140°19′39″E / 38.248708°N 140.327456°E / 38.248708; 140.327456Coordinates: 38°14′55″N 140°19′39″E / 38.248708°N 140.327456°E / 38.248708; 140.327456
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Ōu Main Line
Connections
  • Bus terminal
History
Opened 1901
Traffic
Passengers (FY2012) 10,860 daily

Yamagata Station (山形駅 Yamagata-eki?) is a railway station in Yamagata, Yamagata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Yamagata Station is served by the following lines.

The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office and a View Plaza travel agency.

Yamagata Station opened on 11 April 1901. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

Yamagata Shinkansen services started on 1 July 1992. From 4 December 1999, Yamagata Shinkansen services were extended to Shinjō Station.

In fiscal 2012, the station was used by an average of 10,860 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.


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