Ōsawa Station (Yamagata) Explained

Ōsawa Station
Style:JR East
Native Name:大沢駅
Native Name Lang:ja
Address:Ōsawa, Yonezawa, Yamagata-ken 992–1303
Country:Japan
Coordinates:37.8371°N 140.2004°W
Operator: JR East
Distance:28.8 km from
Line: Ōu Main Line
Platforms:2 side platforms
Status:Unstaffed
Opened:15 May 1899
Map Type:Japan Yamagata Prefecture#Japan
Map Dot Label:Ōsawa Station

is a railway station in the city of Yonezawa, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Ōsawa Station is served by the Ōu Main Line, and is located 28.8 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Fukushima Station.

Station layout

The station has two opposed unnumbered side platforms connected via a level crossing. The station is located within a snow shelter, due to the very heavy snowfall in the region in winter. The station is unattended.

Platforms

History

Ōsawa Station began as a signal stop on 15 May 1899 and was elevated to a full passenger station on 25 December 1906.[1] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987.

Future plans

The station will be bypassed by all trains between 10 January 2023 and 26 March 2023 owing to extremely low ridership.[2] By 2005, daily ridership had fallen to an average of two users per day.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=321. ja:各駅情報(大沢駅) . Station Information: Ōsawa Station. East Japan Railway Company . Japan. ja. 9 July 2012.
  2. Web site: 11 December 2022 . JR東日本、奥羽本線板谷駅・大沢駅で冬期に全列車通過 - 1/10から . All trains pass through Itaya Station and Osawa Station on the Ou Main Line during winter - from 1/10 to 3/26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221210063545/https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20221209-2533898/ . 10 December 2022 . 11 December 2022 . MyNavi News.
  3. Web site: 『山形県の鉄道輸送』平成26年度版 - 山形県 . Railway Transportation in Yamagata Prefecture" 2014 Edition-Yamagata Prefecture . https://web.archive.org/web/20190514135428/http://www.pref.yamagata.jp/ou/kikakushinko/020056/rail/tetsudoyuso_H26/tetudoyuso09.pdf . 14 May 2019 . Fukushima Prefectural Government.