Operated by JR East Connections Bus stop Address Japan | Line(s) Uetsu Main Line Passengers (FY2010) 271 daily Opened 1921 | |
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Location 23 Ie-no-ushiro, Kisakata-cho, Nikaho, Akita
（秋田県にかほ市象潟町字家の後23）
Japan Similar Nikaho Station, Konoura Station, Ugo‑Honjō Station, Kosagawa Station, Kamihama Station | ||
Kisakata Station (象潟駅, Kisakata eki) is a JR East railway station located in Nikaho, Akita Prefecture, Japan.
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Lines
Kisakata Station is served by the Uetsu Main Line, and is located 203.4 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Niitsu Station.
Station layout
Kisakata Station has a side platform and an island platform connected by an overpass, serving three tracks.
History
Kisakata Station opened on November 15, 1921 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Rikuusai Line. 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. A new station building was completed in November 1966. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the East Japan Railway Company. The station was renovated in October 2012.