Ringō Station (梨郷駅, Ringō-eki) is a railway station in Nan'yō, Yamagata, Japan, operated by the Yamagata Railway.

Ringō Station

梨郷駅
Ringō Station
General information
LocationTakehara, Nan'yō, Yamagata
(山形県南陽市竹原)
Japan
Coordinates38°03′26″N 140°05′53″E / 38.057281°N 140.098111°E / 38.057281; 140.098111
Operated byYamagata Railway
Line(s)Flower Nagai Line
History
Opened1913
Passengers
FY 201124 daily

Lines

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Ringō Station is a station on the Flower Nagai Line, and is located 6.8 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Akayu Station.

Station layout

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Ringō Station has a single side platform serving traffic in both directions. The station is unattended.

Adjacent stations

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« Service »
Flower Nagai Line
Orihata   Local   Nishi-Ōtsuka

History

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Ringō Station opened on 26 October 1913.[1] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, and became a station on the Yamagata Railway from 25 October 1988.[2] A new station building in the style of a log cabin was completed in July 1999.

Surrounding area

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References

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  1. ^ "今昔物語-梨郷駅" (in Japanese). Yamagata Railway Co., Ltd. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  2. ^ "長井線の歴史" [History of the Nagai Line]. flower-liner.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 17 January 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
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