Mototate Station

Mototate Station
本楯駅

Station building and entrance, May 2007
Location Mototate, Sakata, Yamagata
(山形県酒田市本楯字通伝13)
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Uetsu Main Line
History
Opened 1919

Mototate Station (本楯駅 Mototate-eki) is a railway station in Sakata, Yamagata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[1]

Lines

Mototate Station is located on the Uetsu Main Line, stretching from Niitsu to Akita. The station is served by local services operating between Sakata and Akita, with some services starting or terminating at Fukura. Services operate approximately hourly during the daytime.[2]

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed side platforms serving two tracks. The two platforms are linked by a footbridge.

Platforms

1  Uetsu Main Line for Sakata and Tsuruoka
2  Uetsu Main Line for Kisakata, Ugo-Honjō, and Akita

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Uetsu Main Line
Sakata Local Minamichōkai

History

Mototate Station opened on 5 December 1919.[3] The station became unmanned from October 1981. A new station building was completed in August 2006[4]

Surrounding area

References

  1. "Mototate Station Information" (in Japanese). East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
  2. JR Timetable, December 2010 issue
  3. 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 135. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
  4. Kouznetsov (4 August 2013). "羽越本線 本楯駅". 羽越線資料館.

Coordinates: 38°58′6.8″N 139°52′56.4″E / 38.968556°N 139.882333°E / 38.968556; 139.882333

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