Takatama Station

Takatama Station (高擶駅, Takatama-eki) is a railway station in the city of Tendō, Yamagata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Takatama Station 高擶駅
Takatama Station platform, October 2005
Location	Nagaoka, Tendō-shi, Yamagata-ken Japan
Coordinates	38°19′52″N 140°21′32″E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Ōu Main Line
Distance	97.0 km from Fukushima
Platforms	1 side platform
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	5 March 1952
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Urushiyama toward Fukushima Yamagata Line Tendō-Minami toward Shinjō
Location
Takatama Station Location within Yamagata Prefecture Takatama Station Takatama Station (Japan)

Lines

Takatama Station is served by the Ōu Main Line, and is located 97.0 kilometres (60.3 mi) rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Fukushima Station.[1]

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.[2] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987.[1] 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.

• Uyō-Gakuen College

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

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

External links

Media related to Takatama Station at Wikimedia Commons

• JR East Station information (in Japanese)