Mamurogawa Station

Mamurogawa Station
真室川駅

Mamurogawa Station in 2005
Location Ōaza Shimmachi, Mamurogawa, Mogami, Yamagata
(山形県最上郡真室川町大字新町)
Japan
Coordinates 38°51′30″N 140°15′17″E / 38.858308°N 140.254811°E / 38.858308; 140.254811Coordinates: 38°51′30″N 140°15′17″E / 38.858308°N 140.254811°E / 38.858308; 140.254811
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Ōu Main Line
Connections
  • Bus stop
History
Opened 1904
Previous names Aramachi (until 1916)
Traffic
Passengers (2012) 149 daily

Mamurogawa Station (真室川駅 Mamurogawa-eki) is a JR East railway station located in Mamurogawa, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

Mamurogawa Station is served by the Ōu Main Line, and is located 164.0 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Fukushima Station.

Station layout

Mamurogawa station has one side platform and one island platform, connected by an overpass.

Platforms

1  Ōu Main Line for Yokote, Yuzawa and Akita
2  Ōu Main Line for Shinjō
2  Ōu Main Line for trains originating at Mamurogawa

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Ōu Main Line
Uzen-Toyosato Local Kamabuchi

History

Mamurogawa Station opened on October 21, 1904 as Aramachi Station (新町駅 Aramachi eki) on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR). It was renamed to its present name on September 20, 1916. The JGR became the Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War II. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987. A new station building was completed in December 2003.

Surrounding area

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