Takatama Station

Railway station in Tendō, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan

Preceding station	JR East			Following station
Urushiyama towards Fukushima		Yamagata Line		Tendō-Minami towards Shinjō

Location
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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).

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.^{[citation needed]}

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

References

^ ^a ^b Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 530. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ 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.