Uzen-Chitose Station

Uzen-Chitose Station 羽前千歳駅
Uzen-Chitose Station, August 2013
Location	2-5, Nagamachi, Yamagata, Yamagata （山形県山形市長町二丁目5） Japan
Coordinates	38°17′16″N 140°20′32″E / 38.287678°N 140.342128°ECoordinates: 38°17′16″N 140°20′32″E / 38.287678°N 140.342128°E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Ōu Main Line Senzan Line
Connections
History
Opened	1933

Uzen-Chitose Station (羽前千歳駅 Uzen-Chitose-eki) is a railway station on the Ōu Main Line in the city of Yamagata, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Uzen-Chitose Station is served by the Ōu Main Line, and is located 91.9 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Fukushima Station. It is also served by the Senzan Line and is 58.0 rail kilometers from the terminus of that line at Sendai Station.

Station layout

Uzen-Chitose Station is an elevated station with a single island platform.

Platforms

Track diagram

1	■ Ōu Main Line	for Shinjō, Yamagata, and Fukushima (standard gauge)
2	■ Senzan Line	for Yamagata and Sendai (narrow gauge)

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Ōu Main Line (Yamagata Line)
Kita-Yamagata		-	Minami-Dewa
Senzan Line
Yamadera		Rapid A & Rapid C	Kita-Yamagata
Tateyama		Rapid B	Kita-Yamagata

History

Uzen-Chitose Station opened on October 17, 1933.The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987. The station building was rebuilt in December 1999.

Surrounding area

• Yamagata Big Wing Convention center
• Yamagata General Sports Arena

External links

• JR East Station information (Japanese)