Yonezawa Station

Yonezawa Station 米沢駅
Yonezawa Station, August 2012
Location	1-43, Ekimae 1-chome, Yonezawa, Yamagata （山形県米沢市駅前一丁目1-43） Japan
Coordinates	37°54′35″N 140°07′42″E / 37.909636°N 140.128208°E / 37.909636; 140.128208Coordinates: 37°54′35″N 140°07′42″E / 37.909636°N 140.128208°E / 37.909636; 140.128208
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Yamagata Shinkansen Ōu Main Line Yonesaka Line
Connections	Bus terminal
History
Opened	1899
Traffic
Passengers (FY 2012)	2,518 daily

Yonezawa Station (米沢駅, Yonezawa-eki^?) is a railway station in Yonezawa, Yamagata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Yonezawa Station is served by the Ōu Main Line and the Yamagata Shinkansen, and is located 40.1 rail kilometers from the terminus of both lines at Fukushima Station. It is also a terminal station for the Yonesaka Line.

Yonezawa Station is an elevated station with one partial bay platform used for tracks 1, 4 and 5 and one island platform, serving tracks 2 and 3. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Yonezawa Station opened on 15 May 1899. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987. The Yamagata Shinkansen began operations from 1 July 1992. A new station building was completed in November 1993.