is a railway station in the city of Yonezawa, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines Ōsawa Station is served by the Ōu Main Line, and is located 28.8 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Fukushima Station.
Station layout The station has two opposed unnumbered side platforms connected via a level crossing. The station is located within a snow shelter, due to the very heavy snowfall in the region in winter. The station is unattended.
Platforms
History Ōsawa Station began as a signal stop on 15 May 1899 and was elevated to a full passenger station on 25 December 1906. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987.
By 2005, daily ridership had fallen to an average of two users per day.
Due to extremely low ridership, the station was bypassed by all trains between mid-January and late March in 2023–25. In the winter of 2025, trains began bypassing the station on December 1.
Surrounding area
See also List of railway stations in Japan
References
External links
JR East station information