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Yamadera Station (山寺駅, Yamadera-eki) is a railway station in the city of Yamagata, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Yamadera Station 山寺駅 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Location | 4273 Yamadera, Yamagata-shi, Yamagata-ken 999-3301 Japan | ||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°18′35″N 140°26′06″E / 38.309722°N 140.435000°E | ||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | JR East | ||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | ■ Senzan Line | ||||||||||||||||||
Distance | 48.7 km from Sendai | ||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||
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Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi ) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | October 17, 1933 | ||||||||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||||||||
FY2018 | 531 daily | ||||||||||||||||||
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Lines edit
Yamadera Station is served by the Senzan Line, and is located 48.7 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Sendai Station.
Station layout edit
The station has a single island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station building is designed to resemble a Buddhist temple. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office, and features a decent number of coin lockers for those looking to visit the temple up the mountain nearby.
Platforms edit
1 | ■ Senzan Line | for Sakunami, Ayashi and Sendai |
2 | ■ Senzan Line | for Uzen-Chitose and Yamagata |
History edit
Yamadera Station opened on October 17, 1933. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987.
Passenger statistics edit
In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 531 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Surrounding area edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ 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 edit
Media related to Yamadera Station at Wikimedia Commons
- JR East Station information (in Japanese)