Kisakata Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 象潟駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | 23 Ie-no-ushiro, Kisakata, Nikaho-shi, Akita-ken 018-0112 |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Uetsu Main Line |
Distance: | 203.4 kilometers from |
Platforms: | 1 side + 1 island platforms |
Status: | Staffed |
Opened: | November 15, 1921 |
Passengers: | 191 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2018 |
Map Type: | Japan Akita Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Kisakata Station |
is a railway station in the city of Nikaho, Akita, Japan, operated by JR East.
Kisakata Station is served by the Uetsu Main Line, and is located 203.4 km from the terminus of the line at Niitsu Station.
The station consists of one side platform and one island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.
Kisakata Station opened on November 15, 1921 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Rikuusai Line. It was switched to the control of the JGR Uetsu Main Line on April 20, 1924. The JGR became the JNR (Japan National Railway) after World War II. A new station building was completed in November 1966. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the East Japan Railway Company. The station was renovated in October 2012.[1]
In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 191 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]