Masukata Station
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Masukata Station 升形駅 | |||||||||||||||
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![]() Masukata Station in April 2013 | |||||||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||||||
Location | Masugata-Yuno, Shinjō-shi, Yamagata-ken 996-0111 Japan | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°45′06″N 140°14′40″E / 38.751584°N 140.244333°E | ||||||||||||||
Operated by | ![]() | ||||||||||||||
Line(s) | ■ Rikuu West Line | ||||||||||||||
Distance | 7.5 kilometers from Shinjō | ||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||
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Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||
Opened | December 7, 1913 | ||||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||||
FY2004 | 11 | ||||||||||||||
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Masukata Station (升形駅, Masukata-eki) is a railway station in the city of Shinjō, Yamagata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
[edit]Masukata Station is served by the Rikuu West Line, and is located 7.5 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Shinjō Station.[1]
Station layout
[edit]The station has one island platform, of which only one side is in use, serving traffic in both directions. The station is unattended.
History
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/%E5%8D%87%E5%BD%A2%E9%A7%8519980827.jpg/220px-%E5%8D%87%E5%BD%A2%E9%A7%8519980827.jpg)
Masukata Station opened on December 7, 1913.[1] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987. A new station building was completed in March 2000.[citation needed]
Surrounding area
[edit]- Masukata Elementary School
National Route 458
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 137. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
External links
[edit] Media related to Masukata Station at Wikimedia Commons
- JR East Station information (in Japanese)