Higashi-Kanai Station (東金井駅, Higashi-Kanai eki) is a railway station located in the city of Yamagata, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Higashi-Kanai Station 東金井駅 | |||||||||||
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 Higashi-Kanai Station, September 2023 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Jimba 3-chōme, Yamagata-shi, Yamagata-ken 990-0000 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°16′37″N 140°18′10″E / 38.276956°N 140.302903°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by |  JR East | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Aterazawa Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 3.1 km (1.9 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 | ||||||||||
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| FY2004 | 171 | ||||||||||
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Lines
editHigashi-Kanai Station is served by the Aterazawa Line and is located 3.1 km (1.9 mi) from the preceding station and start of the line at Kita-Yamagata, and 21.1 km (13.1 mi) from Aterazawa. The following station of Uzen-Yamabe is 3.4 km (2.1 mi) away.
Station layout
editThe station has a single side platform serving one bi-directional track. The station is unattended and has no accessibility features.
Platforms
editSource:[1]
| - | ■ Aterazawa Line | for Yamagata |
| for Aterazawa |
History
editHigashi-Kanai Station began operation on December 25, 1951.[2] With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the East Japan Railway Company.
The Station will start accepting Suica Cards in Spring 2024, with the extension of the Sendai area Suica zone to Yamagata Prefecture.[3]
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2004, the station was used by an average of 171 passengers daily. Since 2005, Yamagata Prefecture has not reported the passenger numbers for Uzen-Kanezawa Station.
Below is table containing the passenger statistics from the year 2000 to the year 2004:
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| Year | Average Daily Boarding Passengers |
| 2000 | 152 |
| 2001 | 153 |
| 2002 | 157 |
| 2003 | 172 |
| 2004 | 171 |
Surrounding area
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Prefecture Route 49
National Route 112- Kanai Junior High School
- Kanai Elementary School
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "JR東日本：駅構内図・バリアフリー情報（東金井駅）". JR東日本：東日本旅客鉄道株式会社 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-23.
- ^ 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 Higashi-Kanai Station at Wikimedia Commons
- (in Japanese) Higashi-Kanai Station (JR East)