is a

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in the city of

Yonezawa Yonezawa City Hall is a city in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 81,707 in 33,278 households, and a population density of 150 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Yonezawa is most famous for i ...

Yamagata Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. It has a population of 1,005,926 (1 February 2025) and an area of 9,325 Square kilometre, km2 (3,600 Square mile, sq mi). Its neighbours are Akita Prefectu ...

, Japan, operated by

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(JR East).

Lines

Ōsawa Station is served by the

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, and is located 28.8 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Fukushima Station.

Station layout

The station has two opposed unnumbered

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s 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. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the

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on 1 April 1987.

Future plans

The station will be bypassed by all trains between 10 January 2023 and 26 March 2023 owing to extremely low ridership. By 2005, daily ridership had fallen to an average of two users per day.

Surrounding area

References

External links

JR East station information
{{DEFAULTSORT:Osawa Station (Yamagata) Stations of East Japan Railway Company Railway stations in Yamagata Prefecture Ōu Main Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1906 Yonezawa, Yamagata