Uzen-Kanezawa Station (羽前金沢駅, Uzen-Kanezawa eki) is a railway station located in the town of Nakayama, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Uzen-Kanezawa Station 羽前金沢駅 | |||||||||||
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 Uzen-Kanezawa Station in September 2023 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Kanezawa, Nakayama-machi, Higashimurayama-gun, Yamagata-ken 990-0401 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°19′14″N 140°16′13″E / 38.320525°N 140.270367°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by |  JR East | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Aterazawa Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 9.5 km (5.9 mi) from Kita-Yamagata | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 25 December 1951 | ||||||||||
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| FY2004 | 30 | ||||||||||
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Lines
editUzen-Kanezawa Station is served by the Aterazawa Line and is located 9.5 km (5.9 mi) from the start of the line at Kita-Yamagata, and 14.8 km (9.2 mi) from Aterazawa. The preceding station of Uzen-Yamabe is 3 km (1.9 mi) away and the following station of Uzen-Nagasaki is 1.5 km (0.93 mi) away.
Station layout
editThe station has a single side platform serving one bi-directional track. There is no station building, and the station is unattended. The station has no accessibility features.
| - | ■ Aterazawa Line | for Yamagata |
| for Aterazawa |
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Waiting Room (September 2023) -
Platform (September 2023)
History
editUzen-Kanezawa Station began operation on December 25, 1951.[2] With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the East Japan Railway Company.
The Station will start accepting Suica Cards in Spring 2024, with the extension of the Sendai area Suica zone to Yamagata Prefecture.[3]
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2004, the station was used by an average of 30 passengers daily. Since 2005, Yamagata Prefecture has not reported the passenger numbers for Uzen-Kanezawa Station.
Below is table containing the passenger statistics from the year 2000 to the year 2004:
| Passenger statistics | |
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| Year | Average Daily Boarding Passengers |
| 2000 | 26 |
| 2001 | 27 |
| 2002 | 24 |
| 2003 | 26 |
| 2004 | 30 |
Surrounding area
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "JR東日本：駅構内図・バリアフリー情報（羽前金沢駅）". JR東日本：東日本旅客鉄道株式会社 (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- ^ JR全線全駅ステーション倶楽部編(上) [Complete JR Line/Station Compendium (Vol. 1)] (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan: Bunshun Bunko. September 1988. p. 423. ISBN 4-16-748701-2.
- ^ "山形県における Suica ご利用駅の拡大について" (PDF). JR East. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 July 2022.
External links
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Media related to Uzen-Kanezawa Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Uzen-Kanazawa Station (JR East) (in Japanese)