Sawame Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 沢目駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Minehama-aze Teranoato 1-22, Happō-cho, Yamamoto-gun, Akita-ken 018-2501 |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Gonō Line |
Distance: | 14.1 km from |
Elevation: | 19.1 meters |
Platforms: | 1 side platform |
Tracks: | 1 |
Opened: | April 26, 1926 |
Map Type: | Japan Akita Prefecture#Japan |
is a railway station located in the town of Happō, Akita Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Sawame Station is served by the 147.2km (91.5miles) Gonō Line, and is located 14.1 kilometers from the southern terminus of the line at Higashi-Noshiro Station.
The station has one side platform serving a single bidirectional track. The station is unattended.
Sawame Station was opened on April 26, 1926 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) serving the village of Sawame, Akita. The JGR became the JNR (Japan National Railways) after World War II. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station has been managed by JR East.