Takatama Station Explained

Takatama Station
Style:JR East
Native Name:高擶駅
Native Name Lang:ja
Address:Nagaoka, Tendō-shi, Yamagata-ken
Country:Japan
Coordinates:38.331°N 140.359°W
Operator: JR East
Distance:97.0 km from
Line: Ōu Main Line
Platforms:1 side platform
Status:Unstaffed
Opened:5 March 1952
Map Type:Japan Yamagata Tendo# Japan Yamagata Prefecture#Japan
Map Dot Label:Takatama Station

is a railway station in the city of Tendō, Yamagata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Takatama Station is served by the Ōu Main Line, and is located 97km (60miles) rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Fukushima Station.

Station layout

The station has one side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended.

History

Takatama Station opened on 5 March 1952.[1] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987.[2] A new station building was completed in 1999.

Surrounding area

The area around the station is a dormitory community which then gives way in the west to rice paddies and fields and to the east to the mountains.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 . JNR Station Directory . Japanese National Railways . 1985 . Japan . 126. 4-533-00503-9.
  2. Book: 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編. Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR. JTB . Ishino. Tetsu. 1998 . Japan . II. 530. 4-533-02980-9.