Yonezawa Station

Yonezawa Station 米沢駅
Yonezawa Station in August 2012
General information
Location	1-1-43, Ekimae, Yonezawa, Yamagata Japan
Coordinates	37°54′35″N 140°07′42″E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Yamagata Shinkansen Ōu Main Line Yonesaka Line
Connections	Bus terminal
History
Opened	1899
Passengers
FY2012	2,518 daily
Location Yonezawa Station Location within Japan

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

Lines

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

Station layout

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.

Platforms

1	■ Yamagata Shinkansen	for Yamagata, Shinjō For Fukushima, Utsunomiya, Ōmiya, and Tokyo
	■ Yamagata Line	for Yamagata and Shinjō
2	■ Yamagata Shinkansen	for Yamagata and Shinjō For Fukushima, Ōmiya, Utsunomiya, and Tokyo
	■ Yamagata Line	for Akayu and Yamagata For Fukushima
3	■ Yamagata Line	for Akayu and Yamagata For Fukushima

4,5

■ Yonesaka Line

for Imaizumi, Oguni and Sakamachi

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Yamagata Shinkansen
Fukushima				Takahata
Ōu Main Line
Sekine		Local		Oitama
Yonesaka Line
Terminus		Local		Minami-Yonezawa

History

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.

Surrounding area

• National Route 13
• National Route 121
• Yonezawa City Hall
• Yonezawa Post Office
• Uesugi Shrine
• Yonezawa Women's Junior College

External links

• JR East station information Template:Ja icon