title: Sagoshi Station
text: # Sagoshi Station
  
  Sagoshi Station (砂越駅, Sagoshi eki) is a railway station in the city of Sakata, Yamagata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
  
  ## Lines
  
  Sagoshi Station is served by the Uetsu Main Line and is located 160.4 rail kilometers from the starting point of that line at Niitsu Station. Trains of the Rikuu West Line also continue past the nominal terminus of that line at Amarume Station towards Sakata, stopping at this station en route.
  
  ## Station layout
  
  Sagoshi Station has two opposed side platforms connected by a footbridge. The station is unstaffed.
  
  ### Platforms
  
  | 1 | ■ Uetsu Main Line | for Tsuruoka and Sakata |
  | - | - | - |
  | | ■ Rikuu West Line | for Sakata |
  | 2 | ■ Uetsu Main Line | for Ugo-Honjō and Akita |
  | | ■ Rikuu West Line | for Shinjō and Furukuchi |
  
  ## History
  
  Sagoshi Station opened on December 24, 1914. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.
  
  ## Surrounding area
  
  * former Hirata Town Hall
  