Jimmachi Station

Jimmachi Station 神町駅
Jimmachi Station in May 2005
Location	1-1, Jimmachi-chūō 1-chōme, Higashine, Yamagata （山形県東根市神町中央一丁目1-1） Japan
Coordinates	38°24′46″N 140°22′43″E / 38.412703°N 140.378622°ECoordinates: 38°24′46″N 140°22′43″E / 38.412703°N 140.378622°E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Ōu Main Line
History
Opened	1901
Traffic
Passengers (FY2004)	360 daily

Jimmachi Station (神町駅 Jimmachi-eki) is a JR East railway station located in Higashine, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

Jimmachi Station is served by the Ōu Main Line, and is located 106.3 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Fukushima Station.

Station layout

Jimmachi Station originally had one island platform and one side platform; however, with the completion of the Yamagata Shinkansen, the island platform was removed to make way for tracks for the through traffic of the Shinkansen, leaving the station with 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)
Midaregawa		-	Sakurambo-Higashine

History

Jimmachi Station opened on August 23, 1901. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987.

Surrounding area

• Yamagata Airport
• JGSDF Camp Jinmachi
• Route 13
• Route 48
• Route 287

External links

• JR East Station information (Japanese)