Operated by JR East Address Japan | Line(s) Ōu Main Line Opened 1952 | |
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Location Nagaoka, Tendō, Yamagata
（山形県天童市大字長岡）
Japan Similar Midaregawa Station, Tendō‑Minami Station, Urushiyama Station, Kita‑Ōishida Station, Uzen‑Nakayama Station | ||
Takatama Station (高擶駅, Takatama-eki) is a railway station on the Ōu Main Line in Tendō, Yamagata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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Lines
Takatama Station is served by the Ōu Main Line, and is located 97.0 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Fukushima Station.
Station layout
Takatama Station has one side platform for bi-directional traffic. The station is unstaffed.
History
Takatama Station opened on 5 March 1952. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987. 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.
References
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