Aterazawa Station
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Aterazawa Station in May 2016
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Location | 876-18 Aterazawa, Ōe-machi, Nishimurayama-gun, Yamagata-ken 990-1101 Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°22′55″N 140°12′28″E / 38.381986°N 140.207894°E / 38.381986; 140.207894 | ||||||||||
Operated by | ![]() | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Aterazawa Line | ||||||||||
Distance | 24.3 km (15.1 mi) from Kita-Yamagata | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Status | Staffed ticket window (outsourced) | ||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 24 April 1922; 102 years ago (1922-04-24) | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
FY2022 | 264 | ||||||||||
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Aterazawa Station (左沢駅, Aterazawa eki) is a railway station located in the town of Ōe, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Aterazawa Station is the terminus of the Aterazawa Line.
Aterazawa Station is served by Aterazawa Line, and is located 24.3 km (15.1 mi) from the start of the line at Kita-Yamagata. The preceding station of Shibahashi is 2 km (1.2 mi) away.
The station has a single side platform. The Station is staffed. The station has some accessibility features such as Mobility scooter access and wheelchair-accessible bathroom.[1] The station building contains a town-run shop which selling everything from sweets and miscellaneous goods to local products.
- | ■ Aterazawa Line | for Yamagata |
Aterazawa Station began operation on 24 April 1922.[2] With the privatization of the JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of the East Japan Railway Company.
A new station building was completed in 2002. The Midori no Madoguchi ticket office was closed on 30 November 2021.[3]
In fiscal 2022, the station was used by an average of 264 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4]
Below is table containing the passenger statistics since the year 2000:
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Year | Average Daily Boarding Passengers |
Year | Average Daily Boarding Passengers |
Year | Average Daily Boarding Passengers |
2000 | 487[5] | 2010 | 392[6] | 2020 | 243[7] |
2001 | 402[8] | 2011 | 387[9] | 2021 | 255[10] |
2002 | 456[11] | 2012 | 378[12] | 2022 | 264[4] |
2003 | 463[13] | 2013 | 357[14] | ||
2004 | 466[15] | 2014 | 330[16] | ||
2005 | 443[17] | 2015 | 311[18] | ||
2006 | 421[19] | 2016 | 309[20] | ||
2007 | 413[21] | 2017 | 306[22] | ||
2008 | 389[23] | 2018 | 311[24] | ||
2009 | 396[25] | 2019 | 297[26] |
Media related to Aterazawa Station at Wikimedia Commons
Stations of the Aterazawa Line
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