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Echigo-Ishiyama Station

Coordinates: 37°53′48″N 139°05′43″E / 37.8966°N 139.0954°E / 37.8966; 139.0954
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Echigo-Ishiyama Station

越後石山駅
East side of Echigo-Ishiyama Station in December 2009
General information
Location5 Ishiyama, Higashi-ku, Niigata-shi, Niigata-ken 950-0852
Japan
Coordinates37°53′48″N 139°05′43″E / 37.8966°N 139.0954°E / 37.8966; 139.0954
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Shin'etsu Main Line
Distance132.2 km from Naoetsu
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
StatusStaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened1 November 1960; 64 years ago (1960-11-01)
Passengers
FY20172,063 daily
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Kameda
towards Naoetsu
Shin'etsu Main Line
Local
Niigata
Terminus
Location
Echigo-Ishiyama Station is located in JR Shinetsu Main Line
Echigo-Ishiyama Station
Echigo-Ishiyama Station
Location within JR Shinetsu Main Line
Echigo-Ishiyama Station is located in Japan
Echigo-Ishiyama Station
Echigo-Ishiyama Station
Echigo-Ishiyama Station (Japan)

Echigo-Ishiyama Station (越後石山駅, Echigo-Ishiyama-eki) is a train station in Higashi-ku, Niigata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

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Echigo-Ishiyama Station is served by the Shin'etsu Main Line, and is 132.2 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Naoetsu Station. The station is staffed.

Layout

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The station consists of two ground-level opposed side platforms, serving two tracks. There is an underground passage outside the gate.

Platforms

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1 (West)  Shin'etsu Main Line for Niigata
2 (East)  Shin'etsu Main Line for Niitsu, Nagaoka

History

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The station opened on 1 November 1960. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 2,063 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area

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  • Ishiyama Middle School
  • Nakanoyama Elementary School

See also

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References

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  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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