Echigo-Sone Station

Echigo-Sone
越後曽根駅
East side of the station, July 2004
Location Kawasaki, Nishikan-ku, Niigata-shi, Niigata-ken 959-0432
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s) ■Echigo Line
Distance 62.4 km from Kashiwazaki
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Other information
Website www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=275
History
Opened 25 August 1912
Traffic
Passengers (FY2015) 1,007 daily
Location
Echigo-Sone
Location within JR Echigo Line
Echigo-Sone
Echigo-Sone (Japan)

Echigo-Sone Station (越後曽根駅, Echigo-Sone-eki) is a train station in Nishikan-ku, Niigata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Echigo-Sone Station is served by the Echigo Line, and is 62.4 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Kashiwazaki Station.

Layout

The station consists of two ground-level opposed side platforms connected by a footbridge, serving two tracks.

The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office. Suica farecard can be used at this station.[1]

Platforms

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

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Echigo Line
Maki - Echigo-Akatsuka

History

The station opened on 25 August 1912 as Sone Station (曽根駅). It was renamed to its present name on 20 April 1913. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 1,007 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

Surrounding area

  • Nishikawa Post Office
  • Sone Elementary School
  • Nishikawa Middle School

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). East Japan Railway Company. 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.

Coordinates: 37°47′37″N 138°54′39″E / 37.7937°N 138.9109°E / 37.7937; 138.9109


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