Operated by JR East Address Japan | Line(s) Uetsu Main Line Opened 1958 | |
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Location Omachi-aze Izumo 5, Sakata, Yamagata
（秋田県酒田市大町字出雲5）
Japan Similar Sagoshi Station, Mototate Station, Minamichōkai Station, Sakata Station, Kita‑Amarume Station | ||
Higashi-Sakata Station (東酒田駅, Higashi-Sakata-eki) is a JR East railway station located in Sakata, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan.
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Lines
Higashi Sakata Station is served by the Rikuu West Line and the Uetsu Main Line. It is located 163.7 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Uetsu Main Line at Niitsu Station and 52.0 rail kilometers from the end of the Rikuu West Line at Shinjō Station.
Station layout
Higashi Sakata Station has two opposed side platforms connected by an overpass crossing. The station is unattended.
History
Higashi-Sakata Station began operations as the Higashi-Sakata Signal (東酒田信号場) on March 31, 1944, and was elevated to a full station on the JNR (Japan National Railway) on December 25, 1958. It has been unattended since September 1972. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the East Japan Railway Company.