Sagoshi Station

Sagoshi Station (砂越駅, Sagoshi eki) is a railway station in the city of Sakata, Yamagata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Sagoshi Station 砂越駅
Sagoshi Station in August 2019
General information
Location	Sagoshi, Sakata-shi, Yamagata-ken 999-6701 Japan
Coordinates	38°53′42″N 139°54′26″E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Uetsu Main Line ■ Rikuu West Line
Distance	160.4 km from Niitsu
Platforms	2 side platforms
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=741
History
Opened	24 December 1914
Passengers
FY2012	190 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Kita-Amarume towards Niitsu Uetsu Main Line Higashi-Sakata towards Akita Kita-Amarume towards Shinjō Rikuu West Line Local Higashi-Sakata towards Sakata
Location Sagoshi Station Location within Yamagata Prefecture Sagoshi Station Sagoshi Station (Japan)

Lines

Sagoshi Station is served by the Uetsu Main Line and is located 160.4 rail kilometers from the starting point of that line at Niitsu Station. Trains of the Rikuu West Line also continue past the nominal terminus of that line at Amarume Station towards Sakata, stopping at this station en route.

Station layout

Sagoshi Station has two opposed side platforms connected by a footbridge. The station is unstaffed.

Platforms

1	■ Uetsu Main Line	for Tsuruoka and Sakata
	■ Rikuu West Line	for Sakata
2	■ Uetsu Main Line	for Ugo-Honjō and Akita
	■ Rikuu West Line	for Shinjō and Furukuchi

History

Sagoshi Station opened on December 24, 1914. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

Surrounding area

• former Hirata Town Hall

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

Media related to Sagoshi Station at Wikimedia Commons

• JR East station information (in Japanese)