Tanihama Station

Tanihama Station (谷浜駅, Tanihama-eki) is a railway station on the Echigo Tokimeki Railway Nihonkai Hisui Line in the city of Jōetsu, Niigata, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operator Echigo Tokimeki Railway.

Tanihama Station

谷浜駅
Tanihama Station in August 2013
Location112 Ie-no-shita, Nagahama, Jōetsu-shi, Niigata-ken 949-1701
Japan
Coordinates37.1622°N 138.1740°E / 37.1622; 138.1740
Operated by Echigo Tokimeki Railway
Line(s)■ Nihonkai Hisui Line
Distance52.7 km from Ichiburi
Platforms1 side + 1 island platform
Tracks3
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
History
Opened1 July 1911
Passengers
FY201526 daily
Location
Tanihama Station
Location within Japan

Lines

Tanihama Station is served by the Echigo Tokimeki Railway Nihonkai Hisui Line, and is 52.7 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Ichiburi and 347.2 kilometers from Maibara Station.

Station layout

The station consists of one side platform and one island platform, connected by a footbridge; however, one side of the island platform is not used. The station is unattended.

Platforms
1 ■ Nihonkai Hisui Line for Itoigawa
2 ■ Nihonkai Hisui Line (not in use)
3 ■ Nihonkai Hisui Line for Naoetsu
  • The view from platform 1 in August 2013 looking toward Arimagawa
  • The view from platform 1 in August 2013 looking toward Naoetsu

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Nihonkai Hisui Line
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Arimagawa   Local   Naoetsu

History

The station opened on 1 July 1911. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West. 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.[1] From this date, Tanihama Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company Echigo Tokimeki Railway.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 21 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

Surrounding area

See also

References
  1. 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). Vol. 44 no. 371. Japan: Kōtsū Shimbun. pp. 28–33.
  2. 平成29年度の乗車状況（平成29年4月1日～平成30年3月31日）［各駅の１日平均乗車人員 [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2017)] (in Japanese). Japan: Echigo Tokimeki Railway Company. 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
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