Arimagawa Station (有間川駅, Arimagawa-eki) is a railway station on the Echigo Tokimeki Railway Nihonkai Hisui Line in the city of Jōetsu, Niigata, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operator Echigo Tokimeki Railway.

Arimagawa Station

有間川駅
Arimagawa Station in November 2013
General information
Location1075 Hiranuma, Arimagawa, Jōetsu-shi, Niigata-ken 949-1702
Japan
Coordinates37°09′48″N 138°08′11″E / 37.1632°N 138.1363°E / 37.1632; 138.1363
Operated by Echigo Tokimeki Railway
Line(s) Nihonkai Hisui Line
Distance49.3 km from Ichiburi
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
History
Opened1 July 1947
Passengers
FY201715
Location
Arimagawa Station is located in Japan
Arimagawa Station
Arimagawa Station
Location within Japan

Lines

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Arimagawa Station is served by the Echigo Tokimeki Railway Nihonkai Hisui Line, and is 49.3 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Ichiburi and 343.8 kilometers from Maibara Station.

Station layout

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The station consists of two opposed ground-level side platforms, connected by a level crossing. The station is unattended.

Platforms

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Station side  Nihonkai Hisui Line for Naoetsu
Opposite side  Nihonkai Hisui Line for Itoigawa

Adjacent stations

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« Service »
Nihonkai Hisui Line
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Nadachi   Local   Tanihama

History

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The station opened on 1 July 1947. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West. From 14 March 2015, with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from Nagano to Kanazawa, local passenger operations over sections of the Shinetsu Main Line and Hokuriku Main Line running roughly parallel to the new shinkansen line were reassigned to third-sector railway operating companies.[1] From this date, Arimagawa Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company Echigo Tokimeki Railway.

Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 15 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

Surrounding area

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Osano, Kagetoshi (March 2015). 北陸新幹線並行在来線各社の姿 [Guide to companies operating conventional lines alongside the Hokuriku Shinkansen]. Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 44, no. 371. Japan: Kōtsū Shimbun. pp. 28–33.
  2. ^ 平成29年度の乗車状況(平成29年4月1日~平成30年3月31日)[各駅の1日平均乗車人員 [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2017)] (in Japanese). Japan: Echigo Tokimeki Railway Company. 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
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