Sakurambo-Higashine Station

Sakurambo-Higashine Station (さくらんぼ東根駅, Sakuranbo-Higashine-eki) is a junction railway station in the city of Higashine, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Sakurambo-Higashine Station さくらんぼ東根駅
West entrance in January 2008
Location	1-1, Sakurambo Ekimae 1-chōme, Higashine-shi, Yamagata-ken 999-3720 Japan
Coordinates	38°25′43″N 140°22′51″E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Yamagata Shinkansen ■ Ōu Main Line
Distance	108.1 km from Fukushima
Platforms	2 side platforms
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
History
Opened	4 December 1999
Passengers
FY2018	1363 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Tendō toward Tokyo Yamagata Shinkansen Tsubasa Murayama toward Shinjō Jimmachi toward Fukushima Yamagata Line Higashine toward Shinjō
Location
Sakurambo-Higashine Station Location within Yamagata Prefecture Sakurambo-Higashine Station Sakurambo-Higashine Station (Japan)

Lines

Sakurambo-Higashine Station is served by the Ōu Main Line and the Yamagata Shinkansen. It is located 108.1 kilometers from the terminus of both lines at Fukushima Station.

Station layout

The station has two opposed side platforms and connected to the three-story station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1	■ Yamagata Shinkansen	for Yamagata, Fukushima, Ōmiya, and Tokyo
	■ Yamagata Line	for Tendō, and Yamagata
2	■ Yamagata Shinkansen	for Murayama for Shinjō
	■ Yamagata Line	for Murayama for Shinjō

History

The station began operation on December 4, 1999 as part of the Yamagata Shinkansen project. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 1363 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area

Higashine is in the central part of Yamagata Prefecture, in the Murayama Basin. Sendai City is to the east, Yamagata City to the south, and Tendo City. Higashine abounds with rich nature and hot springs. Three national highways — National Route 13, National Route 48 and National Route 287 — pass nearby. Yamagata Airport is in the city, facilitating traffic for high technology industries in the prefecture, making Higashine a major industrial center.[2]

The eastern view from the station affords a dramatic panorama of snow-capped mountains.[3]

References

1. 各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
2. "THE HIGASHINE CITY - Location and Topography". Archived from the original on December 22, 2007. Retrieved 2008-03-21.
3. mshimizu. "Panoramio - Looking North at Mountains from Sakuranbo Station". Retrieved 2008-03-21.

External links

• JR East Station information (in Japanese)