Misashima Station

Misashima Station 美佐島駅
Misashima Station in October 2006
General information
Location	135 Uma, Tōkamachi-shi, Niigata-ken 948-0000 Japan
Coordinates	37.1311°N 138.7898°E / 37.1311; 138.7898
Operated by	Hokuetsu Express
Line(s)	■Hokuhoku Line
Distance	12.2 km from Muikamachi
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	22 March 1997 (1997-03-22)
Passengers
FY2005	11 daily
Location Misashima Station Location within Hokuhoku Line Misashima Station Misashima Station (Japan)

Misashima Station (美佐島駅, Misashima-eki) is a railway station located in the city of Tōkamachi, Niigata, Japan, operated by the third sector Hokuetsu Express.

Lines

Misashima Station is a station on the Hokuhoku Line, and is located 12.2 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Muikamachi.

Station layout

Misashima Station platform

This station is noteworthy because the station building is on ground level and the single side platform is located 10.1 m (33 ft) below, inside a tunnel. The platform level is closed unless a local train is scheduled to arrive because of the strong winds generated by high pressure difference between the tunnel and the ground level. Passengers alighting at this station cannot loiter. They must leave the platform level within 2 minutes or PA system with monitoring camera will ask the passengers to leave immediately. There are two automatic doors, one on the ground level and another at the platform level. The automatic door on the ground level is locked, preventing access to the platform level, until the train driver remotely unlocks the door. The two automatic doors never open at the same time, again, to avoid creating strong winds caused by pressure gradient. There is an underground waiting room between the two doors with wooden bench, timetable, and a suggestion box. Above ground, the waiting room features tatami and is air-conditioned.

Platforms

■ Hokuhoku Line

for Echigo-Yuzawa, Muikamachi, Tōkamachi, Saigata and Naoetsu (bidirectional)

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Hokuhoku Line
Uonuma-Kyūryō		Local	Shinza

History

The station opened on 22 March 1997, coinciding with the opening of the Hokuhoku Line.

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

• Hokuetsu Express Station information (in Japanese)