Station

Oguni

小国

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Oguni
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Timetable information

Imaizumi – Sakamachi: suspended from 3 August 2022 Check the operator for replacement transport stops and times. Full details: JR Yonesaka Line →

Departure data for this station is not available on this site.

Location

History

Oguni Station opened on 30 October 1935 with the extension of the Yonesaka East Line from Uzen-Numazawa, in the town of Oguni in Yamagata Prefecture. Freight handling was withdrawn in March 1985, and the station passed to JR East at the privatisation of Japanese National Railways on 1 April 1987. A staffed Midori no Madoguchi ticket office opened in December 1990. The station has one side platform and one island platform connected by a footbridge, retains a wooden station building, and continues to host the JR East operations centre coordinating Yonesaka Line traffic between Imaizumi and Sakamachi (the "Oguni Command").

Notes

Oguni's red-roofed white-walled wooden station building was selected as one of the Tōhoku Top 100 Stations in 2002 for the striking contrast between its roof and walls.

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