Amarume Station
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Amarume Station
余目駅 |
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Station building, July 2009
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| Location | Amarume, Shōnai, Higashitagawa, Yamagata （山形県東田川郡庄内町余目） Japan |
| Operated by | JR East |
| Line(s) | Rikuu West Line, Uetsu Main Line |
| History | |
| Opened | 1914 |
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| Passengers (FY2012) | 538 daily |
Amarume Station (余目駅 Amarume-eki?) is a railway station in Shōnai, Yamagata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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Lines
Amarume Station is served by the Rikuu West Line and the Uetsu Main Line. The station is located 154.7 rail kilometers from the starting point of the Uetsu Main Line at Niitsu Station.
Station layout
Amarume Station has a side platform nest to the station building and two island platforms connected by a footbridge. However, as Platform 1 is short, it is not in normal operation.
Platforms
| 1 | ■ Uetsu Main Line | out of service |
| 2 | ■ Uetsu Main Line | for Sakata, Ugo-Honjō, and Akita |
| 3 | ■ Uetsu Main Line | for Tsuruoka, Murakami, and Niigata |
| 4 | ■ Rikuu West Line | for Sakata |
| 5 | ■ Rikuu West Line | for Shinjō and Furukuchi |
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
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| Uetsu Main Line | ||||
| Tsuruoka | Akebono | Sakata | ||
| Tsuruoka | Inaho | Sakata | ||
| Nishibukuro | Local | Kita-Amarume | ||
| Rikuu West Line | ||||
| Karikawa | Rapid Mogamigawa | Sakata | ||
| Minamino | Local | Kita-Amarume | ||
History
Amarume Station opened on 20 September 1914.[1] A new station building was opened in 1965.[2] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2012, the station was used by an average of 538 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | Daily average |
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| 2000 | 774[4] |
| 2005 | 647[5] |
| 2010 | 527[6] |
| 2011 | 519[7] |
| 2012 | 538[3] |
Surrounding area
- Shōnai Town Hall
- Amarume Post Office
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External links
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