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Echigo-Shimoseki Station (越後下関駅, Echigo-Shimoseki-eki) is a railway station on the Yonesaka Line in the village of Sekikawa, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Echigo-Shimoseki Station 越後下関駅 | |||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||
Location | Shimoseki, Sekikawa-mura, Iwafune-gun, Niigata-ken 959-3265 Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°5′24.28″N 139°33′35.70″E / 38.0900778°N 139.5599167°E | ||||||||||
Operated by | JR East | ||||||||||
Line(s) | ■ Yonesaka Line | ||||||||||
Distance | 79.7 km from Yonezawa | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Status | unmanned station | ||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 10 August 1931 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
FY2021 | 69 | ||||||||||
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Lines edit
Echigo-Shimoseki Station is served by the Yonesaka Line, and is located 79.7 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Yonezawa Station.
Station layout edit
The station has two opposed ground-level side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge.
Platforms edit
1 | ■ Yonesaka Line | for Oguni, Iwaizumi, and Yonezawa |
2 | ■ Yonesaka Line | for Sakamachi |
History edit
Echigo-Shimoseki Station opened on 10 August 1931. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987.
Passenger statistics edit
In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 90 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Surrounding area edit
- National Route 113
- Sekikawa village hall
- Sekikawa Post Office
See also edit
References edit
- ^ 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 edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Echigo-Shimoseki Station.
- JR East station information (in Japanese)