Echigo-Suhara Station (越後須原駅, Echigo-Suhara-eki) is a railway station in Uonuma, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Echigo-Suhara Station

越後須原駅
Echigo-Suhara Station in August 2013
General information
Location1419 Suhara, Uonuma-shi, Niigata-ken
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Tadami Line
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Other information
Websitewww.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=274
History
Opened1 November 1942
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Uonuma-Tanaka
towards Koide
Tadami Line Kamijō
Location
Echigo-Suhara Station is located in JR Tadami Line
Echigo-Suhara Station
Echigo-Suhara Station
Location within JR Tadami Line
Echigo-Suhara Station is located in Japan
Echigo-Suhara Station
Echigo-Suhara Station
Echigo-Suhara Station (Japan)

Lines edit

Echigo-Suhara Station is served by the Tadami Line, and is 121.1 kilometers from terminus of the line at Aizu-Wakamatsu.

Station layout edit

The station consists of one ground-level side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended.

History edit

Echigo-Suhara Station opened on 1 November 1942, as an intermediate station on the initial western section of the Tadami Line between Koide and Ōshirakawa.[1] Along with the rest of the Tadami Line, the station came under the ownership of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) in 1949, and was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987.

Surrounding area edit

  • former Sumon village hall
  • Suhara Ski Resort
  • Sumon Middle School
  • Sumon Elementary School

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Tadami Line User Manual" (PDF). Union Workshop. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.

External links edit


37°19′15″N 139°01′03″E / 37.3208°N 139.0175°E / 37.3208; 139.0175