Echigo-Yuzawa Station

Echigo-Yuzawa Station
越後湯沢駅

Echigo-Yuzawa Station in May 2006
Location Yuzawa-Mondo, Yuzawa-machi, Minamiuonuma-gun, Niigata-ken 949-6101
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s)
Platforms 4 island + 1 side platforms
Other information
Website www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=285
History
Opened 1 November 1925
Traffic
Passengers (FY2015) 2905
Location
Echigo-Yuzawa Station
Location within Japan

Echigo-Yuzawa Station (越後湯沢駅 Echigo-Yuzawa-eki) is a railway station operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), located in the resort town of Yuzawa in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. The station is located 199.2 kilometers from Tokyo,

Lines

Echigo-Yuzawa Station is serviced by the following lines:

Station layout

The station has two ground-level island platforms and one side platform for normal trains and two elevated island platforms for the Joetsu Shinkansen. The station building is located above the local platforms and underneath the Shinkansen platforms. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. Facilities at the station include souvenir shopping and eating facilities, as well as a sake-themed attraction complete with an indoor onsen bath.

Platforms

0  Hokuhoku Line for Muikamachi, Tōkamachi and Naoetsu
1  Jōetsu Line (siding)
2  Jōetsu Line for Nagaoka
3  Jōetsu Line for Echigo-Nakazato, Minakami
4  Jōetsu Line (not in use)
11/12  Jōetsu Shinkansen for Niigata and Gala-Yuzawa
13/14  Jōetsu Shinkansen Tokyo

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Joetsu Shinkansen
Jōmō-Kōgen   Toki   Urasa
Jōmō-Kōgen   Tanigawa   Terminus
Gala-Yuzawa Line
Jōmō-Kōgen (via the Joetsu Shinkansen)   Tanigawa   Gala-Yuzawa
Joetsu Line
Iwappara-Ski-jō-mae   Local   Ishiuchi

History

The station opened on 1 November 1925. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East. The Joetsu Shinkansen opened on 15 November 1982. The Gala-Yuzawa Line to Gala-Yuzawa Station opened on 20 December 1990.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 2905 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
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Coordinates: 36°56′10″N 138°48′36″E / 36.936103°N 138.809896°E / 36.936103; 138.809896

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