Higashi-Sakata Station

Higashi-Sakata Station
東酒田駅

Higashi-Sakata Station
Location Omachi-aze Izumo 5, Sakata, Yamagata
(秋田県酒田市大町字出雲5)
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Uetsu Main Line
History
Opened 1958

Higashi-Sakata Station (東酒田駅 Higashi-Sakata-eki) is a JR East railway station located in Sakata, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

Higashi Sakata Station is served by the Rikuu West Line and the Uetsu Main Line. It is located 163.7 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Uetsu Main Line at Niitsu Station and 52.0 rail kilometers from the end of the Rikuu West Line at Shinjō Station

Station layout

Higashi Sakata Station has two opposed side platforms connected by an overpass crossing. The station is unattended

Platforms

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

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Uetsu Main Line
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Sagoshi - Sakata
Rikuu West Line
Sagoshi - Sakata

History

Higashi-Sakata Station began operations as the Higashi-Sakata Signal (東酒田信号場) on March 31, 1944, and was elevated to a full station on the JNR (Japan National Railway) on December 25, 1958. It has been unattended since September 1972. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the East Japan Railway Company.

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Coordinates: 38°54′27″N 139°52′32″E / 38.907619°N 139.875444°E / 38.907619; 139.875444

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