Echigo-Ishiyama Station

Echigo-Ishiyama Station
越後石山駅

East side of Echigo-Ishiyama Station in December 2009
Location 5 Ishiyama, Higashi-ku, Niigata-shi, Niigata-ken 950-0852
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Shin'etsu Main Line
Distance 132.2 km from Naoetsu
Platforms 2 side platforms
Other information
Website www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=264
History
Opened 1 November 1960
Traffic
Passengers (FY2015) 2,022 daily
Location
Echigo-Ishiyama Station
Location within Japan

Echigo-Ishiyama Station (越後石山駅 Echigo-Ishiyama-eki) is a train station in Higashi-ku, Niigata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, , operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Echigo-Ishiyama Station is served by the Shin'etsu Main Line, and is 132.2 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Naoetsu Station.

Layout

The station consists of two ground-level opposed side platforms, serving two tracks. There is an underground passage outside the gate.

Platforms

1 (West)  Shin'etsu Main Line for Niigata
2 (East)  Shin'etsu Main Line for Niitsu, Nagaoka

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Shin'etsu Main Line
Kameda - Niigata

History

The station opened on 1 November 1960. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 2,022 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). East Japan Railway Company. 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.

External links

Coordinates: 37°53′48″N 139°05′43″E / 37.8966°N 139.0954°E / 37.8966; 139.0954

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