Echigo-Horinouchi Station
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Echigo-Horinouchi Station 越後堀之内駅 | |||||||||||
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 Echigo-Horinouchi Station, September 2004 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 3860 Horinouchi, Uonuma-shi, Niigata-ken Japan | ||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■Jōetsu Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1922 | ||||||||||
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| FY2015 | 433 daily | ||||||||||
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Echigo-Horinouchi Station (越後堀之内駅, Echigo-Horinouchi-eki) is a railway station on the Jōetsu Line in Uonuma, Niigata, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
[edit]Echigo-Horinouchi Station is a station on the Jōetsu Line, and is located 134.7 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Takasaki.
Station layout
[edit]The station has two opposed ground-level side platforms serving three tracks, connected by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Platforms
[edit]| 1 | ■ Jōetsu Line | for Koide, Echigo-Yuzawa |
| 2 | ■ Jōetsu Line | for Nagaoka |
History
[edit]Echigo-Horinouchi Station opened on 1 August 1922. Upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, it came under the control of JR East.
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 433 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Surrounding area
[edit]- former Horinouchi town hall
- Japan National Route 17
- Horinouchi Post Office
- Horinouchi Elementary School
- Horinouchi Middle School
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
External links
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- Echigo-Horinouchi Station information (JR East) (in Japanese)
37°14′22″N 138°55′42″E / 37.2394°N 138.9282°E
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