Uzen-Nagasaki Station

Uzen-Nagasaki Station (羽前長崎駅, Uzen-Nagasaki eki) is a railway station located in the town of Nakayama, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Uzen-Nagasaki Station 羽前長崎駅
Uzen-Nagasaki Station east exit in 2023
General information
Location	4206 Kanezawa, Nakayama-machi, Higashimurayama-gun, Yamagata-ken 990-0401 Japan
Coordinates	38°20′00″N 140°16′23″E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Aterazawa Line
Distance	11 km (6.8 mi) from Kita-Yamagata
Platforms	1 island platform
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	20 July 1921; 104 years ago (1921-07-20)
Passengers
FY2022	317
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Minami-Sagae towards Aterazawa Aterazawa Line Uzen-Kanezawa towards Yamagata
Location Uzen-Nagasaki Station Location within Yamagata Prefecture Show map of Yamagata Prefecture Uzen-Nagasaki Station Uzen-Nagasaki Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

West Exit, September 2023

Lines

Uzen-Nagasaki Station is served by the Aterazawa Line and is located 11 km (6.8 mi) from the start of the line at Kita-Yamagata, and 13.3 km (8.3 mi) from Aterazawa. The preceding station of Uzen-Kanezawa is 1.5 km (0.93 mi) away and the following station of Minami-Sagae is 2.5 km (1.6 mi) away.

Station layout

The station was built with a single island platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. However, with the opening of the west exit in 2004, the tracks on the west wide of the platform were removed, making the station effectively a side platform with trains in both directions using the same side of the platform. The station is a staffed Kan'i itaku station. The station has no accessibility features.

Platforms^[1]

-	■ Aterazawa Line	for Yamagata
		for Aterazawa

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  Ticket Office, September 2023
• 
  Platform, September 2023

History

Uzen-Nagasaki Station began operation on July 20, 1921.^[2] The station briefly acted as the terminal station of the Aterazawa line, until December 11, 1921, when the line was extended to Sagae. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the East Japan Railway Company. In 2004, platform 1 of the island platform was transformed into a west-side exit at the request of residents on the west side of the station.

The Station will start accepting Suica Cards in Spring 2024, with the extension of the Sendai area Suica zone to Yamagata Prefecture.^[3]

• 
  Old east exit station Building, August 2009

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2022, the station was used by an average of 317 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[4]

Below is table containing the passenger statistics since the year 2000:

Passenger statistics
Year	Average Daily Boarding Passengers	Year	Average Daily Boarding Passengers	Year	Average Daily Boarding Passengers
2000	549[5]	2010	402[6]	2020	292[7]
2001	605[8]	2011	422[9]	2021	308[10]
2002	530[11]	2012	436[12]	2022	317[4]
2003	498[13]	2013	468[14]
2004	476[15]	2014	418[16]
2005	470[17]	2015	412[18]
2006	446[19]	2016	394[20]
2007	441[21]	2017	404[22]
2008	436[23]	2018	376[24]
2009	413[25]	2019	366[26]

Surrounding area

• National Route 112
• Yamagata Prefectural Baseball Stadium
• Nakayama High School
• Nagasaki Elementary School