Minami-Sagae Station (南寒河江駅, Minami-Sagae eki) is a railway station located in the city of Sagae, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Minami-Sagae Station 南寒河江駅 | |||||||||||
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 Minami-Sagae Station in 2023 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Shimahigashi Shima, Sagae-shi, Yamagata-ken 991-0043 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°21′20″N 140°16′40″E / 38.355561°N 140.277703°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by |  JR East | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Aterazawa Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 13.5 km (8.4 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 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY2004 | 109 | ||||||||||
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Lines
editMinami-Sagae Station is served by the Aterazawa Line and is located 13.5 km (8.4 mi) from the start of the line at Kita-Yamagata, and 10.8 km (6.7 mi) from Aterazawa. The preceding station of Uzen-Nagasaki is 2.5 km (1.6 mi) away and the following station of Sagae is 1.8 km (1.1 mi) away.
Station layout
editThe station has one side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended.[1] The station has no accessibility features.
| - | ■ Aterazawa Line | for Yamagata |
| for Aterazawa |
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Waiting Room, September 2023 -
Platform, September 2023
History
editMinami-Sagae Station began operation on 25 December 1951 [3] With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the East Japan Railway Company. In 2002, a waiting room was built.
The Station will start accepting Suica Cards in Spring 2024, with the extension of the Sendai area Suica zone to Yamagata Prefecture.[4]
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2004, the station was used by an average of 109 passengers daily. Since 2005, Yamagata Prefecture has not reported the passenger numbers for Minami-Sagae Station.
Below is a table containing the passenger statistics from the year 2000 to the year 2004:
| Passenger statistics | |
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| Year | Average Daily Passengers |
| 2000 | 101 |
| 2001 | 101 |
| 2002 | 109 |
| 2003 | 107 |
| 2004 | 109 |
Surrounding area
edit- Mogami River
- Sagae Shima Post Office
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "駅の情報（南寒河江駅）：JR東日本". JR東日本：東日本旅客鉄道株式会社 (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 September 2023.
- ^ "JR東日本：駅構内図・バリアフリー情報（南寒河江駅）". JR東日本：東日本旅客鉄道株式会社 (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 September 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 Minami-Sagae Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Minami-Sagae Station (JR East) (in Japanese)