Nakagawa Station (Yamagata)

Nakagawa Station

中川駅
Nakagawa Station is October 2005
General information
Location255, Koiwasawa Aza Maeda, Nan'yō, Yamagata
(山形県南陽市小岩沢字前田255)
Japan
Coordinates38°05′36″N 140°12′12″E / 38.093317°N 140.203286°E / 38.093317; 140.203286
Operated byJR East
Line(s)Ōu Main Line
Connections
History
Opened1903
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Akayu
towards Fukushima
Yamagata Line Uzen-Nakayama
towards Shinjō

Nakagawa Station (中川駅, Nakagawa-eki) is a railway station on the Ōu Main Line in the city of Nanyō, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Nakagawa Station is served by the Ōu Main Line, and is located 64.4 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Fukushima Station.

Station layout

Nakagawa Station has two opposed side platforms connected via a pedestrian overpass; however, only one platform is in use. The station is unattended.

Platforms

1  Ōu Main Line for Yonezawa and Akayu
Kaminoyamaonsen and Yamagata
2  Ōu Main Line not in normal use

History

Nakagawa Station opened on November 3, 1903. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987.[1]

Surrounding area

References

  1. ^ Ishino, Tetsu (1 October 1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 Ⅱ [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR II] (in Japanese) (1st ed.). JTB. p. 529.