Raikōji Station

Raikōji Station
来迎寺駅
Raikōji Station, August 2015
Location 2727-3 Raikōji, Nagaoka-shi, Niigata-ken 949-5411
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s) ■ Shin'etsu Main Line
Platforms 2 side platforms
Other information
Website www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=1656
History
Opened 27 December 1898
Traffic
Passengers 527 daily (FY2015)
Location
Raikōji Station
Location within JR Shinetsu Main Line
Raikōji Station
Raikōji Station (Japan)

Raikōji Station (来迎寺駅, Raikōji-eki) is a railway station in Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Raikōji Station is served by the Shin'etsu Main Line and is 63.6 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Naoetsu Station.

Station layout

Platform (December 2011)

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.

Platforms

1 ■ Shin'etsu Main Line for Kashiwazaki, Naoetsu
3 ■ Shin'etsu Main Line for Nagaoka, Niigata

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Shin'etsu Main Line
Shirayuki: Does not stop at this station
Kashiwazaki   Rapid   Miyauchi
Echigo-Iwatsuka   -   Maekawa

History

Raikōji Station opened on 27 December 1898. The present station building was completed in November 1979. The station was also served by the now-defunct Uonuma Line from 1911-1984, and the Nagaoka Line from 1921-1995. 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 527 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area

  • Raikōji Post Office
  • Koshiji Middle School
  • Koshiji Elementary School

See also

References

  1. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.

Coordinates: 37°23′49.85″N 138°47′0.61″E / 37.3971806°N 138.7835028°E / 37.3971806; 138.7835028

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