Station

Omoshiroyama-Kogen

面白山高原

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Omoshiroyama-Kogen
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Timetable information

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Location

History

Omoshiroyama-Kōgen Station opened on 10 November 1937 as the Omoshiroyama Provisional Station on the Senzan Line in what is today the city of Yamagata, Yamagata Prefecture. The unstaffed single-platform stop sits at the Yamagata-side mouth of the Senzan Tunnel and is 42.5 rail kilometres from Sendai. It passed to East Japan Railway Company on 1 April 1987 and was upgraded from a provisional to a regular station, gaining its current name, on 13 March 1988. Rapid services have called less frequently over time as ridership declined; from 2015 the station has been served only by local trains.

Notes

In summer the station is accessible by car, but in the winter season the roads are usually closed. A ski lift carries passengers between the station and the nearby Omoshiroyama-Kōgen ski slope, whose operation has been suspended since the 2009 season.

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