Arato Station

Arato Station

荒砥駅
Arato Station; 荒砥駅
	Arato Station in March 2007
General information
Location	Ōaza Arato-kō, Shirataka, Nishiokitama, Yamagata; （山形県西置賜郡白鷹町大字荒砥甲）; Japan
Coordinates	38°11′17″N 140°05′51″E / 38.188058°N 140.0975°E
Operated by	Yamagata Railway
Line(s)	Flower Nagai Line
Connections	Bus stop;
History
Opened	1923

Arato Station (荒砥駅, Arato eki) is a railway station in Shirataka, Yamagata, Japan, operated by the Yamagata Railway.

Lines edit

Arato Station is the terminus on the Flower Nagai Line, and is located 30.5 rail kilometers from the opposing terminus of the line at Akayu Station.

Station layout edit

Arato Station has a single side platform.

Adjacent stations edit

«		Service	»
Flower Nagai Line
Shikinosato		Local		Terminus

History edit

Arato Station opened on 22 April 1923. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, and came under the control of the Yamagata Railway from 25 October 1988.^[1]

Surrounding area edit

References edit

^ "長井線の歴史" [History of the Nagai Line]. flower-liner.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 17 January 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2024.

External links edit

Flower Nagai Line (in Japanese)

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[1] "長井線の歴史" [History of the Nagai Line]. flower-liner.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 17 January 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2024.

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