Murayama Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 村山駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | 1 Tateoka-shimmachi, Murayama-shi, Yamagata-ken 995-0033 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 38.4734°N 140.3863°W |
Platforms: | 1 side + 1 island platform |
Tracks: | 3 |
Distance: | from |
Structure: | At grade |
Status: | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) |
Former: | Tateoka (until 1999) |
Passengers: | 1,008 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2018 |
Map Type: | Japan Yamagata Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Murayama Station |
is a railway station in the city of Murayama, Yamagata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Murayama Station is served by the Ōu Main Line and the Yamagata Shinkansen, with direct high-speed Tsubasa services to and from Tokyo. It is located 113.5 rail kilometers from the terminus of both lines at Fukushima Station and 386.3 kilometers from Tokyo Station.[1]
The station has one side platform and one island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
The station opened on 23 August 1901 as .[2] A new station building was completed in March 1935. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987.[1] The station was renamed Murayama Station on 4 December 1999 with the start of Yamagata Shinkansen operations. The current station building was completed on the same date.
In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 1008 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]