Amarume Station

Amarume Station (余目駅, Amarume-eki) is a junction railway station in the town of Shōnai, Yamagata, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

The station is located 154.7 rail kilometers from the starting point of the Uetsu Main Line at Niitsu Station, and is the official terminus of the 42.0 kilometer Rikuu West Line, although most trains continue on to Sakata Station.

The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

[2] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

[3] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.