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Amarume Station 余目駅
Station building, July 2009
General information
Location	Sawada Amarume, Shōnai-machi, Higashitagawa-gun, Yamagata-ken 999-7781 Japan
Coordinates	38°50′40″N 139°54′41″E / 38.844329°N 139.911361°E / 38.844329; 139.911361
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Uetsu Main Line ■ Rikuu West Line
Distance	154.7 kilometers from Niitsu
Platforms	1 side + 2 island platforms
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi )
Website	Official website
History
Opened	20 September 1914
Passengers
FY2018	503 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Tsuruokatowards Niigata Inaho Sakatatowards Akita Nishibukurotowards Niitsu Uetsu Main Line Kita-Amarumetowards Akita Karikawatowards Shinjō Rikuu West LineRapid Mogamigawa SakataTerminus MinaminoOne-way operation Minaminotowards Shinjō Rikuu West LineLocal Kita-Amarumetowards Sakata
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Amarume Station (余目駅, Amarume-eki) is a junction railway station in the town of Shōnai, Yamagata, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Amarume Station is served by the Rikuu West Line and the Uetsu Main Line. The station is located 154.7 rail kilometers from the starting point of the Uetsu Main Line at Niitsu Station, and is the official terminus of the 42.0 kilometer Rikuu West Line, although most trains continue on to Sakata Station.

Station layout

Amarume Station has one side platform next to the station building and two island platforms connected by a footbridge. However, as Platform 1 is short, it is not in normal operation. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

History

Amarume Station opened on 20 September 1914. A new station building was opened in 1965. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 503 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

• Shōnai Town Hall
• Amarume Post Office

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. 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.
2. Kouznetsov (4 August 2013). "羽越本線 余目駅". 羽越線資料館.
3. 各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
4. 各駅の乗車人員 (2000年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
5. 各駅の乗車人員 (2005年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
6. 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
7. 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 10 March 2020.

External links

• Media related to Amarume Station at Wikimedia Commons
• Amarume Station information (JR East) (in Japanese)

• Stations of East Japan Railway Company
• Railway stations in Yamagata Prefecture
• Rikuu West Line
• Uetsu Main Line
• Railway stations in Japan opened in 1914
• Shōnai, Yamagata