Echigo-Shimoseki Station

Echigo-Shimoseki Station (越後下関駅, Echigo-Shimoseki-eki) is a railway station on the Yonesaka Line in the village of Sekikawa, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Echigo-Shimoseki Station

越後下関駅
Echigo-Shimoseki Station in August 2004
LocationShimoseki, Sekikawa-mura, Iwafune-gun, Niigata-ken 959-3265
Japan
Coordinates38°5′24.28″N 139°33′35.70″E
Operated by JR East
Line(s)■ Yonesaka Line
Distance79.7 km from Yonezawa
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
StatusStaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened10 August 1931
Passengers
FY201790
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station
Echigo-Ōshima
toward Sakamachi
 Yonesaka Line Echigo-Katakai
toward Yonezawa
Location
Echigo-Shimoseki Station
Location within Japan

Lines

Echigo-Shimoseki Station is served by the Yonesaka Line, and is located 79.7 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Yonezawa Station.

Station layout

The station has two opposed ground-level side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge.

Platforms
1 ■ Yonesaka Line for Oguni, Iwaizumi, and Yonezawa
2 ■ Yonesaka Line for Sakamachi

History

Echigo-Shimoseki Station opened on 10 August 1931. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 90 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area

See also

References
  1. 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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