Echigo-Akatsuka Station

Echigo-Akatsuka Station
越後赤塚駅
Echigo-Akatsuka Station building in July 2004
Location 886 Akatsuka, Nishi-ku, Niigata-shi, Niigata-ken
Japan
Elevation 4.4 m[1]
Operated by JR East
Line(s) ■Echigo Line
Distance 64.9 km from Kashiwazaki
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Other information
Status Unstaffed
Website Official website
History
Opened 25 December 1914
Traffic
Passengers (FY2010) 915 daily
Location
Echigo-Akatsuka Station
Location within JR Echigo Line
Echigo-Akatsuka Station
Echigo-Akatsuka Station (Japan)

Echigo-Akatsuka Station (越後赤塚駅, Echigo-Akatsuka-eki) is a railway station on the Echigo Line in Nishi-ku, Niigata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Echigo-Akatsuka Station is served by the 83.8 km (52.1 mi) Echigo Line, and is 64.9 km (40.3 mi) from starting point of the line at Kashiwazaki.[1]

Station layout

The station consists of a ground-level island platform serving two tracks.[1] The station is unattended.[1] Suica farecard can be used at this station[2].

Platforms

1 ■ Echigo Line for Niigata
2 ■ Echigo Line for Yoshida and Niigata (bidirectional)

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Echigo Line
Echigo-Sone - Uchino-Nishigaoka

History

The station opened on 25 December 1914.[3] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.[3]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Japan Railfan Club Niigata Branch, ed. (30 June 2015). 新潟県鉄道全駅 増補改訂版 [The databook of all railroad stations in Niigata (Revised edition)] (in Japanese). Japan: Niigata Nippo Jigyousha Corp. p. 112. ISBN 978-4-86132-606-6.
  2. ↑ Suica＞利用可能エリア＞新潟エリア＞拡大図 [Suica Area in Niigata] (in Japanese). Japan: JR East. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  3. 1 2 Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). II. Japan: JTB. p. 598–599. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

Coordinates: 37°48′58″N 138°54′29″E / 37.8161°N 138.9081°E / 37.8161; 138.9081

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