Higashine Station

Higashine Station 東根駅
Higashine Station in September 2008
Location	8-1, Miyazaki 3-chōme, Higashine, Yamagata （山形県東根市宮崎三丁目8-1） Japan
Coordinates	38°27′04″N 140°23′03″E / 38.451114°N 140.384139°ECoordinates: 38°27′04″N 140°23′03″E / 38.451114°N 140.384139°E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Ōu Main Line
History
Opened	1911
Traffic
Passengers (FY 2000)	327 daily

Higashine Station (東根駅 Higashine-eki) is a JR East railway station located in Higashine, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

Higashine Station is served by the Ōu Main Line, and is located 110.6 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Fukushima Station.

Station layout

Higashine Station has one island platform; however, with the completion of the Yamagata Shinkansen, one side of the platform is used for through traffic of the Shinkansen, leaving the station with effectively a single side platform for bi-directional traffic. The station is unattended.

Platforms

1

■ Ōu Main Line

for Yamagata, Murayama and Tendō for Shinjō

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Ōu Main Line (Yamagata Line)
Sakurambo-Higashine		-	Murayama

History

Higashine Station opened as a signal stop on December 5, 1911. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987.

Surrounding area

• Higashime Post Office
• Higashine Onsen

External links

• JR East Station information (Japanese)