Operated by JR East Passengers (FY2012) 1,673 daily Opened 1901 | Connections Bus stop | |
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Previous names Kaminoyama (until 1992) Similar Mokichi Kinenkan‑mae Station, Kaminoyama Castle, Akayu Station, Uzen‑Nakayama Station, Zaō Station | ||
Kaminoyama-Onsen Station (かみのやま温泉駅, Kaminoyama-onsen-eki) is a railway station in Kaminoyama, Yamagata, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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Lines
Kaminoyama-Onsen Station is served by the Ōu Main Line (Yamagata Line) and the Yamagata Shinkansen. It is 75.0 rail kilometers from Fukushima Station.
Station layout
Kaminoyama-Onsen Station has a single side platform and a single island platform serving three tracks. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
History
The station opened on 15 February 1901 as Kaminoyama Station (上ノ山駅). It was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987. Kaminoyama Station was renamed Kaminoyama-Onsen Station on 1 July 1992, coinciding with the opening of the Yamagata Shinkansen. A new station building was completed in June 2004.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2012, the station was used by an average of 1,673 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).