Ringō Station
Railway station in Nan'yō, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
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Ringō Station (梨郷駅, Ringō-eki) is a railway station in Nan'yō, Yamagata, Japan, operated by the Yamagata Railway.
Coordinates38°03′26″N 140°05′53″E
Operated byYamagata Railway
Ringō Station 梨郷駅 | |||||
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 Ringō Station | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Takehara, Nan'yō, Yamagata （山形県南陽市竹原） Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 38°03′26″N 140°05′53″E | ||||
| Operated by | Yamagata Railway | ||||
| Line | Flower Nagai Line | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1913 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| FY 2011 | 24 daily | ||||
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Lines
Ringō Station is a station on the Flower Nagai Line, and is located 6.8 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Akayu Station.
Station layout
Ringō Station has a single side platform serving traffic in both directions. The station is unattended.
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flower Nagai Line | ||||
| Orihata | Local | Nishi-Ōtsuka | ||
History
Ringō Station opened on 26 October 1913.[1] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, and became a station on the Yamagata Railway from 25 October 1988.[2] A new station building in the style of a log cabin was completed in July 1999.
