Sakata Station (Yamagata)
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East Japan Railway Company
is the largest passenger railway company in the world and one of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo....
(JR East) railway station
Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...
located in Sakata, Yamagata
Sakata, Yamagata
is a city located in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan.As of 2006, the city has an estimated population of 116,883 and the population density of 193.92 persons per km². The total area is 602.74 km².-History:The city was founded on April 1, 1933...
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Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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Limited express trains
- InahoInahoThe is a limited express train service in Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company , which runs from to and .-Service pattern:Three return workings daily operate between Niigata and Akita, with a further four return workings between Niigata and Sakata.Inaho services stop at the following...
( - Sakata, ) - AkebonoAkebono (train)The is a limited express sleeper train service operated by East Japan Railway Company , which runs from Ueno Station in Tokyo to Aomori, via the Jōetsu Line and Uetsu Main Line...
( - ) - NihonkaiNihonkai (train)The is an overnight train which is operated by the East Japan Railway Company . The train runs overnight between Osaka Station and Aomori Station using the Tōkaidō Main Line, Kosei Line, Hokuriku Main Line, Shin'etsu Main Line, Uetsu Main Line, and Ōu Main Line.-Area of operations:The Nihonkai...
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