Higashi-Kashiwazaki Station

Higashi-aAshiwazaki Station 東柏崎駅
Higashi-Kashiwazaki Station, June 2006
Location	8-12 Kokura-cho, Kashiwazaki-shi, Niigata （新潟県柏崎市小倉町8-12 ) Japan
Operated by	East Japan Railway Company
Line(s)	■ Echigo Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
History
Opened	1912
Previous names	Hisumi Statiuon (to October 1969)
Location
Higashi-aAshiwazaki Station Location within Japan

Higashi-Kashiwazaki Station (東柏崎駅, Higashi-Kashiwazaki-eki) is a railway station in Kashiwazaki, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Higashi-Kashiwazaki Station is served by the Echigo Line and is 1.6 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kashiwazaki Station.

Station layout

The station consists of a two opposed ground-level side platforms connected by a footbridge; however, only one platform is in use, and serves one bi-directional track. The station is unattended.

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Echigo Line
Kashiwazaki		-	Nishi-Nakadōri

History

Higashi-Kashiwazaki Station opened on 11 November 1912 as Hisumi Station (比角駅). It was renamed to its present name on 1 October 1969. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

Surrounding area

Kashiwazaki Tokiwa High School

External links

JR East station information (Japanese)

Stations of the Echigo Line

Kashiwazaki Higashi-Kashiwazaki Nishi-Nakadōri Arahama Kariwa Nishiyama Raihai Ishiji Oginojō Izumozaki Myōhōji Ojimaya Kirihara Teradomari Bunsui Aōzu Minami-Yoshida Yoshida Kita-Yoshida Iwamuro Maki Echigo-Sone Echigo-Akatsuka Uchino-Nishigaoka Uchino Niigata Daigaku-mae Terao Kobari Aoyama Sekiya Hakusan Niigata

Coordinates: 37°22′25″N 138°33′56″E / 37.3736°N 138.5656°E / 37.3736; 138.5656

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