Train service
No publicly available departure data for this station.
Location
History
Katsurane Station opened as the Katsurane Signal Stop on 30 September 1962 on the Uetsu Main Line in what is now Akita city, becoming a full passenger station on 1 April 1987 — one of three Uetsu signal posts elevated to stations at JNR's privatisation. JR East has operated it since 1 April 1987. The signal-post equipment was demolished in June 2008, and in February 2016 the original Platform 1 and its level crossing were removed, leaving a single side platform plus a no-platform secondary main track. Most local trains pass through; only a handful stop each day.
Notes
Katsurane's platform was once just 5 metres long — barely covering the crew door and one passenger door of a 50-series carriage — and trains stopped with all other doors cut, a layout locals nicknamed the "morning-assembly podium."
Sources
Last updated: 2026-06-09