Ōsawa Station (大沢駅, Ōsawa-eki) is a railway station in the city of Yonezawa, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Ōsawa Station 大沢駅
Ōsawa Station, October 2007
General information
Location	Ōsawa , Yonezawa, Yamagata-ken 992–1303 Japan
Coordinates
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Ōu Main Line
Distance	28.8 km from Fukushima
Platforms	2 side platforms
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	15 May 1899
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Tōge towards Fukushima Yamagata Line Sekine towards Shinjō
Location
Ōsawa Station Location within Yamagata Prefecture Show map of Yamagata Prefecture Ōsawa Station Ōsawa Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Ōsawa Station is served by the Ōu Main Line, and is located 28.8 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Fukushima Station.

Station layout

The station has two opposed unnumbered side platforms connected via a level crossing. The station is located within a snow shelter, due to the very heavy snowfall in the region in winter. The station is unattended.

Platforms

History

Ōsawa Station began as a signal stop on 15 May 1899 and was elevated to a full passenger station on 25 December 1906.[1] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987.

Surrounding area

• Kasamatsu Onsen ^[ja]

See also

• List of Railway Stations in Japan

References

External links

Media related to Ōsawa Station (Yamagata) at Wikimedia Commons

• JR East station information (in Japanese)