Itoigawa Station
Itoigawa Station 糸魚川駅 | |
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 Itoigawa Station, December 2013 | |
| Location |
1-7-10 Ōmachi, Itoigawa-shi, Niigata （新潟県糸魚川市大町１丁目７番１０号） Japan |
| Operated by | |
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| Platforms | 1 island + 3 side platforms |
| History | |
| Opened | 1912 |
| Traffic | |
| Passengers (FY2014) | 865 |
| Location | |
  Itoigawa Station Location within Japan | |
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Itoigawa Station (糸魚川駅 Itoigawa-eki) is a railway station in Itoigawa, Niigata, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and the third-sector railway operator Echigo Tokimeki Railway.
Lines
Itoigawa Station is served by the JR West high-speed Hokuriku Shinkansen and the local Ōito Lines, and is located 213.9 kilometers from Takasaki Station and 318.9 kilometers from Tokyo Station. It is 105.4 kilometers from Matsumoto Station, the terminus of the Ōito Line. For the Echigo Tokimeki Railway Nihonkai Hisui Line, the station is 29.9 kilometers from Tomari Station and 315.0 kilometers from Maebara Station
Station layout
The local portion of the station has one side platform and one island platform with a cut-out, serving four tracks in total. The Shinkansen portion of the station has two opposed side platforms, located above the local train platforms. The station building is located below the tracks and platforms. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Platforms
| 1 | ■ Nihonkai Hisui Line | for Naoetsu |
| 2 | ■ Nihonkai Hisui Line | for Naoetsu for Ichiburi |
| 3 | ■ Nihonkai Hisui Line | for Ichiburi |
| 4 | ■ Ōito Line | for Minami-Otari |
| 11 | ■ Hokuriku Shinkansen | for Nagano and Tokyo |
| 12 | ■ Hokuriku Shinkansen | for Toyama and Kanazawa |
The departure melody used for the shinkansen platforms is the traditional children's song "Haru yo Koi" (春よ来い), the lyrics for which were written by Gyofū Sōma, a native of Itoigawa.[1]
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
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| Hokuriku Shinkansen | ||||
| Kagayaki: Does not stop at this station | ||||
| Jōetsumyōkō | Hakutaka | Kurobe-Unazukionsen | ||
| Nihonkai Hisui Line | ||||
| Ōmi | Local | Kajiyashiki | ||
| Ōito Line | ||||
| Himekawa | Local | Terminus | ||
History
The station opened on 16 December 1912.[2] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.[2]
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 and Hokuriku Main Line running roughly parallel to the new shinkansen line were reassigned to third-sector railway operating companies.[3] From this date, operations of former Hokuriku Main Line services were transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company Echigo Tokimeki Railway.
Surrounding area
- Itoigawa City Hall
- Japan National Route 8
See also
References
- ↑ 北陸新幹線 発車メロディの決定について [Departure melodies chosen for Hokuriku Shinkansen]. News release (in Japanese). Japan: West Japan Railway Company. 9 December 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- 1 2 Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. II. Japan: JTB. p. 142. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ↑ 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). Japan: Kōtsū Shimbun. 44 (371): 28–33.
External links
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- Itoigawa Station (JR West official page) (Japanese)
- Echigo Tokimeki Railway HP (Japanese)
Coordinates: 37°2′38″N 137°51′45″E / 37.04389°N 137.86250°E