Echigo-Kawaguchi Station
Echigo-Kawaguchi Station 越後川口駅 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 142.8 km from Midori no Madoguchi) | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 5 August 1921 | |||||||||||||||
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| FY2017 | 197daily | |||||||||||||||
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Echigo-Kawaguchi Station (越後川口駅, Echigo-Kawaguchi-eki) is a railway station on the
Joetsu Line in the city of Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company
(JR East).
Lines
Echigo-Kawaguchi Station is served by the
Joetsu Line and Iiyama Line. It is 142.8 km (88.7 mi) from the starting point of the Joetsu Line at Takasaki and also forms the terminus of the 96.7 km Iiyama Line.[2]
Station layout
The station consists of one ground-level
Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.[1]
Platforms
| 1 | ■ Iiyama Line | for Togarinozawa-Onsen, and Nagano
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| 2 | ■ Joetsu Line
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for Nagaoka |
| 3 | ■ Joetsu Line | for Echigo-Yuzawa, Echigo-Nakazato, and Minakami |
History
The station opened on 5 August 1921.[2] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.[2]
The station building sustained some damage in the
2004 Chuetsu Earthquake, which hit on 23 October 2004.[1]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 197 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]
Surrounding area
- Former Kawaguchi Town Hall
National Route 17
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 978-4-86132-606-6.
- ^ ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2017年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2017)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Echigo-Kawaguchi Station.
- Official website (in Japanese)