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Uzen-Yamabe Station 羽前山辺駅
Uzen-Yamabe Station, September 2023
General information
Location	Yamanobe, Yamanobe-machi. Higashimurayama-gun, Yamagata-ken 990-0301 Japan
Coordinates	38°17′38″N 140°16′18″E / 38.293889°N 140.2716°E / 38.293889; 140.2716
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Aterazawa Line
Distance	6.5 km (4.0 mi) from Kita-Yamagata
Platforms	1 island platform
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	20 July 1921; 103 years ago (1921-07-20)
Passengers
FY2017	797
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Uzen-Kanezawatowards Aterazawa Aterazawa Line Higashi-Kanaitowards Yamagata
Location Uzen-Yamabe StationLocation within Yamagata PrefectureShow map of Yamagata PrefectureUzen-Yamabe StationUzen-Yamabe Station (Japan)Show map of Japan

Uzen-Yamabe Station (羽前山辺駅, Uzen-Yamabe eki) is a railway station located in the town of Yamanobe, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Uzen-Yamabe Station is served by the Aterazawa Line and is located 6.5 km (4.0 mi) from the start of the line at Kita-Yamagata, and 17.8 km (11.1 mi) from Aterazawa. The preceding station of Higashi-Kanai is 3.4 km (2.1 mi) away and the following station of Uzen-Kanezawa is 3 km (1.9 mi) away.

Station layout

The station has a single island platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is unattended and has no accessibility features.

Platforms

• Platform (September 2023)
• Ticket Gate (September 2023)

History

Uzen-Yamabe Station began operation on July 20, 1921. A new station building was completed in November 1940. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the East Japan Railway Company.

In September 2023, JR-East announced that they were going to rebuild the 87 year old station building from 1940. Construction started in November 2023 and is expected to finish in Spring of 2024.

The Station will start accepting Suica Cards in Spring 2024, with the extension of the Sendai area Suica zone to Yamagata Prefecture.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 797 passengers daily. Since 2018, Yamagata Prefecture has not reported the passenger numbers for Uzen-Kanezawa Station.

Below is table containing the passenger statistics from the year 2000 to the year 2017:

Surrounding area

• National Route 458
• Yamanobe Town Hall
• Yamanobe High School
• Yamanobe Elementary School
• Yamanobe Onsen [ja]
• Su River [ja]

Bus

• Yamanobe municipal Bus

References

1. "JR東日本：駅構内図・バリアフリー情報（羽前金沢駅）". JR東日本：東日本旅客鉄道株式会社 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-01-11.
2. JR全線全駅ステーション倶楽部編(上) [Complete JR Line/Station Compendium (Vol. 1)] (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan: Bunshun Bunko. September 1988. p. 423. ISBN 4-16-748701-2.
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20230911082552/https://www.jreast.co.jp/press/2023/sendai/20230911_s01.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-09-11. Retrieved 2024-01-11. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
4. "山形県における Suica ご利用駅の拡大について" (PDF). JR East. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 July 2022.
5. ^ "各駅の乗車人員 2017年度 ベスト100以外（6）：JR東日本". www.jreast.co.jp. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
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17. "各駅の乗車人員 2015年度 ベスト100以外（6）：JR東日本". www.jreast.co.jp. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
18. "JR東日本：各駅の乗車人員（2006年度）". www.jreast.co.jp. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
19. "各駅の乗車人員 2016年度 ベスト100以外（6）：JR東日本". www.jreast.co.jp. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
20. "JR東日本：各駅の乗車人員（2007年度）". www.jreast.co.jp. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
21. "JR東日本：各駅の乗車人員（2008年度）". www.jreast.co.jp. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
22. "JR東日本：各駅の乗車人員（2009年度）". www.jreast.co.jp. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
23. やまのべ町役場／くらしの情報 バス路線図・時刻表 (in Japanese). Yamanobe Town. Archived from the original on 2013-04-04. Retrieved 2012-07-06.

External links

Media related to Uzen-Yamabe Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Uzen-Yamabe Station (JR East) (in Japanese)

• Stations of East Japan Railway Company
• Railway stations in Yamagata Prefecture
• Aterazawa Line
• Railway stations in Japan opened in 1921
• Yamanobe, Yamagata