Nishitakisawa Station

Nishitakisawa Station 西滝沢駅
File:Nishitakizawa sta.jpg Nishitakisawa Station
Location	Kanizawa, Yurihonjō, Akita （秋田県由利本荘市矢島町蟹沢） Japan
Operated by	Yuri Kōgen Railway
Line(s)	Yuri Kōgen Railway Chōkai Sanroku Line
History
Opened	1937

Nishitakisawa Station (西滝沢駅, Nishitakisawa-eki) is a railway station in Yurihonjō, Akita, Japan, operated by the Yuri Kōgen Railway.

Lines

Nishitakisawa Station is served by the Chōkai Sanroku Line, and is located 15.7 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Ugo-Honjō Station.

Station layout

Nishitakisawa Station has one side platform, serving bi-directional traffic.

Platforms

1	■ Yuri Kōgen Railway Chōkai Sanroku Line	for Ugo-Honjō for Yashima

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Yuri Kōgen Railway Chōkai Sanroku Line
Kubota		Local		Yoshizawa

History

Nishitakisawa Station opened on December 15, 1937 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Yashima Line. The JGR became the Japan National Railway (JNR) after World War II. All freight operations were discontinued from June 10, 1981. The Yashima Line was privatized on 1 October 1985, becoming the Yuri Kōgen Railway Chōkai Sanroku Line. A new station building was completed in December 2003.

External links

• Yuri Kōgen Railway Station information (Japanese)