Ōishida Station

Ōishida Station
大石田駅

East entrance, October 2010
Location 585 Ōishida-otsu, Ōishida, Kitamurayama, Yamagata
（山形県北村山郡大石田町大石田番乙585）
Japan
Coordinates 38°35′44″N 140°22′31″E / 38.595689°N 140.375292°E / 38.595689; 140.375292Coordinates: 38°35′44″N 140°22′31″E / 38.595689°N 140.375292°E / 38.595689; 140.375292
Operated by JR East
Line(s)
Connections
  • Bus stop
History
Opened 1901
Traffic
Passengers (FY2012) 870 daily

Ōishida Station (大石田駅 Ōishida-eki) is a railway station in Ōishida, Yamagata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Ōishida Station is served by the Ōu Main Line and the Yamagata Shinkansen, with direct high-speed Tsubasa services to and from Tokyo. It is located 126.9 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Fukushima Station.[1]

Station layout

Ōishida Station has two opposed side platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1 ■ Yamagata Shinkansen for Yamagata, Yonezawa, Fukushima, Ōmiya, and Tokyo
for Shinjō
■ Yamagata Line for Murayama, Tendō, and Yamagata
for Shinjō
2 ■ Yamagata Shinkansen for Shinjō
■ Yamagata Line for Murayama, Tendō, and Yamagata
for Shinjō

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Yamagata Shinkansen
Murayama   Tsubasa   Shinjō
Ōu Main Line (Yamagata Line)
Sodesaki - Kita-Ōishida

History

Ōishida Station opened on 21 October 1901.[2] The privately owned Obanazawa Railroad connected to the station from 1926 until its abandonment in 1970. A new station building was completed in 1983. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987.[1] The Yamagata Shinkansen began operations on 4 December 1999.

Surrounding area

References

  1. 1 2 Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] II. Japan: JTB. p. 531. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  2. ↑ 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 126. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.

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