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Nishime Station

Coordinates: 39°20′51.1″N 140°1′6.7″E / 39.347528°N 140.018528°E / 39.347528; 140.018528
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Nishime Station

西目駅
Nishime Station in 2018
General information
Location8-5 Bentenmae, Nishimemachi-Numata, Yurihonjō-shi, Akita-ken 018-0604
Japan
Coordinates39°20′51.1″N 140°1′6.7″E / 39.347528°N 140.018528°E / 39.347528; 140.018528
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Uetsu Main Line
Distance223.1 kilometers from Niitsu
Platforms1 island + side platform
Other information
StatusStaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
OpenedJune 30, 1922
Passengers
FY2018294
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Nikaho
towards Niitsu
Uetsu Main Line Ugo-Honjō
towards Akita
Location
Nishime Station is located in Akita Prefecture
Nishime Station
Nishime Station
Location within Akita Prefecture
Nishime Station is located in Japan
Nishime Station
Nishime Station
Nishime Station (Japan)

Nishime Station (西目駅, Nishime eki) is a railway station in the city of Yurihonjō, Akita Prefecture, Japan, operated by JR East.

Lines

Nishime Station is served by the Uetsu Main Line, and is located 223.1 kilometres (138.6 mi) from the terminus of the line at Niitsu Station.

Station layout

The station has one side platform and one island platform connected by a footbridge. The station is attended.

Platforms

1  Uetsu Main Line for Ugo-Honjō and Sakata
2  Uetsu Main Line for Akita
3  Uetsu Main Line siding

History

Nishime Station opened on June 30, 1922 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Rikuusai Line, serving the village of Nishime, Akita. It was switched to the control of the JGR Uetsu Main Line on April 20, 1924. The JGR became the JNR (Japan National Railway) after World War II. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the East Japan Railway Company. A new station building was completed in February 2006.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 294 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. ^ 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.

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