Masukata Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 升形駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Masugata-Yuno, Shinjō-shi, Yamagata-ken 996-0111 |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Rikuu West Line |
Distance: | 7.5 kilometers from |
Platforms: | 1 island platform |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Opened: | December 7, 1913 |
Passengers: | 11 |
Pass Year: | FY2004 |
Map Type: | Japan Yamagata Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Masukata Station |
is a railway station in the city of Shinjō, Yamagata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Masukata Station is served by the Rikuu West Line, and is located 7.5 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Shinjō Station.
The station has one island platform, of which only one side is in use, serving traffic in both directions. The station is unattended.
Masukata Station opened on December 7, 1913.[1] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987. A new station building was completed in March 2000.