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Tōkamachi Station (十日町駅, Tōkamachi-eki) is a railway station located in the city of Tōkamachi, Niigata, operated jointly by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the third sector Hokuetsu Express.
Tōkamachi Station 十日町駅 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 Tōkamachi Station for Hokuetsu Express | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Ushi, Tōkamachi-shi, Niigata-ken 948-0079 Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°8′5.53″N 138°45′24.06″E / 37.1348694°N 138.7566833°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 1 side + 2 island platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 15 November 1927 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY2017 | 505 daily (JR) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Lines edit
Tōkamachi Station is a station on the Iiyama Line, and is located 75.3 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Toyono. It is also a station for the Hokuhoku Line and is located 15.9 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Muikamachi Station.
Station layout edit
The JR portion of the station has a single side platform and island platforms serving three ground-level tracks connected by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. The Hokuetsu Express portion of the station has a single elevated island platform serving two tracks.
JR East edit
| 1 | ■ Iiyama Line | for Togari-Nozawaonsen, Iiyama , and Nagano |
| 2 | ■ Iiyama Line | for Togari-Nozawaonsen, Iiyama and Nagano for Echigo-Kawaguchi and Nagaoka |
| 3 | ■ Iiyama Line | for Echigo-Kawaguchi and Nagaoka |
Hokuetsu Express edit
| 11 | ■ Hokuhoku Line | for Saigata and Naoetsu |
| 12 | ■ Hokuhoku Line | for Muikamachi and Echigo-Yuzawa |
History edit
Tōkamachi Station opened on 15 November 1927. Following the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.
The Hokuhoku Line station opened on 22 March 1997, coinciding with the opening of the Hokuhoku Line.[2][3]
Passenger statistics edit
In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 505 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4]
Surrounding area edit
National Route 117- Tōkamachi City Hospital
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Timetable｜Hokuetsu Express Co., Ltd". hokuhoku-line.jp. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
- ^ Kusamichi, Yoshikazu (3 March 2017). "北越急行ほくほく線、開業20周年で記念カード配布 3月22日". Response Automotive Media (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 16 November 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
- ^ "会社概要" [Company History]. hokuhoku.co.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 18 January 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
- ^ 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.
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