Akayu Station
Railway station in Nan'yō, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
JR East
Yamagata Railway
Yamagata Shinkansen- Ōu Main Line
- ■ Flower Nagai Line
| Preceding station |  JR East | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Takahata towards Tokyo | Yamagata Shinkansen Tsubasa | Kaminoyama-Onsen towards Shinjō | ||
| Takahata towards Fukushima | Yamagata Line | Nakagawa towards Shinjō | ||
| Preceding station | Yamagata Railway | Following station | ||
| Nanyō-Shiyakusho towards Arato | Flower Nagai Line | Terminus | ||
Location | |
|---|---|
  Akayu Station Location within Yamagata Prefecture Show map of Yamagata Prefecture Akayu Station Akayu Station (Japan) Show map of Japan |
Akayu Station (赤湯駅, Akayu-eki) is a junction railway station in the city of Nan'yō, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan., operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East), with the Yamagata Railway Company as a tenant.
Lines
Akayu Station is served by the Ōu Main Line and the Yamagata Shinkansen, and is located 56.1 rail kilometers from the terminus of both lines at Fukushima Station and 328.9 kilometers from Tokyo Station. It is also the terminus of the Yamagata Railway Flower Nagai Line and is located 30.5 kilometers from the opposing terminal of the line a Arato
Station layout
The station has one side platform and one island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Platforms
| 1 | ■ Yamagata Shinkansen | for Yonezawa, Fukushima, Tokyo |
| 2 | ■ Yamagata Shinkansen | for Yamagata and Shinjō |
| 3 | ■ Yamagata Line | for Yonezawa |
| 4 | ■ Flower Nagai Line | for Miyauchi, Imaizumi, Arato |
History
Akayu Station opened on 21 April 1900. The Yamagata Railway connected to the station on 26 October 1913. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2018, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 1322 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Surrounding area
- Akayu Hot Springs
National Route 113
See also
References
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
External links
Media related to Akayu Station at Wikimedia Commons
- JR East station information (in Japanese)
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Stations of the Yamagata Shinkansen
- Fukushima
- Yonezawa
- Takahata
- Akayu
- Kaminoyama-Onsen
- Yamagata
- Tendō
- Sakurambo-Higashine
- Murayama
- Ōishida
- Shinjō
For stations between Tokyo and Fukushima, see Tōhoku Shinkansen
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