Minami-Takada Station (南高田駅, Minami-Takada-eki) is a railway station on the Myōkō Haneuma Line in the city of Jōetsu, Niigata, Japan, operated by the third-sector operating railway company Echigo Tokimeki Railway.

Minami-Takada Station

南高田駅
Minami-Takada Station in June 2009
General information
LocationMinami-Takada-cho, Jōetsu-shi, Niigata-ken 943-0846
Japan
Coordinates37°05′49″N 138°14′34″E / 37.0970°N 138.2429°E / 37.0970; 138.2429
Operated by Echigo Tokimeki Railway
Line(s) Myoko Haneuma Line
Distance29.0 km from Myōkō-Kōgen
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened10 December 1961 (1961-12-10)
Passengers
FY2017835 daily
Location
Minami-Takada Station is located in Myoko Haneuma Line
Minami-Takada Station
Minami-Takada Station
Location within Myoko Haneuma Line
Minami-Takada Station is located in Japan
Minami-Takada Station
Minami-Takada Station
Minami-Takada Station (Japan)

Lines

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Minami-Takada Station is served by the 37.7 km Echigo Tokimeki Railway Myōkō Haneuma Line from Myōkō-Kōgen to Naoetsu, and is located 29.0 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Myōkō-Kōgen and 66.3 kilometers from Nagano.

Station layout

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The station has one side platform serving a single bi-directional track, with the station building located directly on the platform. The station is unattended.

Adjacent stations

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Myōkō Haneuma Line
Shirayuki: Does not stop at this station
Jōetsumyōkō Local Takada

History

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The station opened on 10 December 1961 on the Shinetsu Main Line. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

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 running roughly parallel to the new shinkansen line were reassigned to different third-sector railway operating companies.[1] From this date, Minami-Takada Station became a station on the Echigo Tokimeki Railway Myōkō Haneuma Line.[1]

Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 835 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

Surrounding area

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  • Takada Commercial High School

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b 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 2016)] (in Japanese). Japan: Echigo Tokimeki Railway Company. 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
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