Yuze-Onsen Station

Yuze-Onsen Station

湯瀬温泉駅
Yuze-Onsen Station; 湯瀬温泉駅
	Yuze-Onsen Station in August 2006
General information
Location	Hachimantai aze Yuze 53-4, Kazuno-shi, Akita-ken 018-5141; Japan
Coordinates	40°7′20.55″N 140°50′25.45″E / 40.1223750°N 140.8404028°E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Hanawa Line
Distance	59.9 km from Kōma
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	October 17, 1931
Previous names	Yuze Station (to 1995)
Passengers
FY2018	247
Services
Location
	Yuze-Onsen Station Location within Akita Prefecture Yuze-Onsen Station Yuze-Onsen Station (Japan)

Yuze-Onsen Station (湯瀬温泉駅, Yuze-Onsen-eki) is a JR East railway station located in the city of Kazuno, Akita Prefecture, Japan.

Lines edit

Yuze-Onsen Station is served by the Hanawa Line, and is located 59.9 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kōma Station.

Station layout edit

Yuze-Onsen Station consists of one side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is a kan'i itaku station administered by Kazuno-Hanawa Station and operated by Yuze-Onsen meeting group, with point-of-sales terminal installed. Ordinary tickets, express tickets, and reserved-seat tickets for all JR lines are on sale (no connecting tickets).

History edit

Yuze-Onsen Station was opened on October 17, 1931 as Yuze Station (湯瀬駅) on the privately owned Akita Railways, serving the village of Hachimantai, Akita. The line was nationalized on June 1, 1934, becoming part of the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) system. The JGR became the Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War II. The station was renamed to its present name on December 1, 1995. The station has been unattended since October 1, 1971. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987.

Passenger statistics edit

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 24 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

Surrounding area edit

National Route 282
Tohoku Expressway - Yuze Parking Area
Yuze hot springs

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 11 December 2019.

External links edit

Media related to Yuze-Onsen Station at Wikimedia Commons

Official website (in Japanese)

[jreast2015stats-1] 各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019.

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