Nishime Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 西目駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | 8-5 Bentenmae, Nishimemachi-Numata, Yurihonjō-shi, Akita-ken 018-0604 |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Uetsu Main Line |
Distance: | 223.1 kilometers from |
Platforms: | 1 island + side platform |
Status: | Unmanned station |
Opened: | June 30, 1922 |
Passengers: | 294 |
Pass Year: | FY2018 |
Map Type: | Japan Akita Nishime#Japan Akita Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Nishime Station |
is a railway station in the city of Yurihonjō, Akita Prefecture, Japan, operated by JR East.
Nishime Station is served by the Uetsu Main Line, and is located 223.1km (138.6miles) from the terminus of the line at Niitsu Station.
The station has one side platform and one island platform connected by a footbridge. The station is unmanned.
Nishime Station opened on June 30, 1922, as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Rikuusai Line, serving the village of Nishime, Akita. 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. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the East Japan Railway Company. A new station building was completed in February 2006.
In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 294 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]