Echigo-Horinouchi Station

Echigo-Horinouchi Station (越後堀之内駅, Echigo-Horinouchi-eki) is a railway station on the Jōetsu Line in Uonuma, Niigata, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Echigo-Horinouchi Station 越後堀之内駅
Echigo-Horinouchi Station, September 2004
General information
Location	3860 Horinouchi, Uonuma-shi, Niigata-ken Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■Jōetsu Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
History
Opened	1922 (1922)
Passengers
FY2015	433 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Koide towards Takasaki Jōetsu Line Kita-Horinouchi towards Nagaoka
Location
Echigo-Horinouchi Station Location within Japan

Lines

Echigo-Horinouchi Station is a station on the Jōetsu Line, and is located 134.7 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Takasaki.

Station layout

The station has two opposed ground-level side platforms serving three tracks, connected by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1	■ Jōetsu Line	for Koide, Echigo-Yuzawa
2	■ Jōetsu Line	for Nagaoka

History

Echigo-Horinouchi Station opened on 1 August 1922. Upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, it came under the control of JR East.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 433 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

• former Horinouchi town hall
• Japan National Route 17
• Horinouchi Post Office
• Horinouchi Elementary School
• Horinouchi Middle School

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

• Echigo-Horinouchi Station information (JR East) (in Japanese)