Uzen-Kanezawa Station

Uzen-Kanezawa Station (羽前金沢駅) is a railway station located in the town of Nakayama, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines
Uzen-Kanezawa Station is served by the Aterazawa Line and is located 9.5 km from the start of the line at Kita-Yamagata, and 14.8 km from Aterazawa. The preceding station of Uzen-Yamabe is 3 km away and the following station of Uzen-Nagasaki is 1.5 km away.

Station layout
The station has a single side platform serving one bi-directional track. There is no station building, and the station is unattended. The station has no accessibility features.

History
Uzen-Kanezawa Station began operation on December 25, 1951. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the East Japan Railway Company.

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

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2004, the station was used by an average of 30 passengers daily. Since 2005, Yamagata Prefecture has not reported the passenger numbers for Uzen-Kanezawa Station.

Below is table containing the passenger statistics from the year 2000 to the year 2004: