Tōkamachi Station

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
Tōkamachi Station for Hokuetsu Express
LocationUshi, Tōkamachi-shi, Niigata-ken 948-0079
Japan
Coordinates37°8′5.53″N 138°45′24.06″E
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms1 side + 2 island platforms
Other information
StatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
History
Opened15 November 1927
Passengers
FY2017505 daily (JR)
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station
Doichi
toward Nagano
Iiyama Line Uonuma-Nakajō
Preceding station Hokuhoku Express Following station
Matsudai
(limited service)
toward Naoetsu
Hokuhoku Line
Chō-Rapid
Muikamachi
(limited service)
Matsudai
toward Naoetsu
Hokuhoku Line
Rapid
Muikamachi
Hokuhoku Line
Local
Shinza
Location
Tōkamachi Station
Location within Japan
The east entrance, August 2014

Lines

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

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

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

1  Hokuhoku Line for Muikamachi and Echigo-Yuzawa
2  Hokuhoku Line for Saigata and Naoetsu

History

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.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 505 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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