Echigo-Shimoseki Station

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Echigo-Shimoseki Station

越後下関駅
Shimoseki 20040801.jpg
Echigo-Shimoseki Station in August 2004
LocationShimoseki, Sekikawa-mura, Iwafune-gun, Niigata-ken 959-3265
Japan
Coordinates38°5′24.28″N 139°33′35.70″E / 38.0900778°N 139.5599167°E / 38.0900778; 139.5599167Coordinates: 38°5′24.28″N 139°33′35.70″E / 38.0900778°N 139.5599167°E / 38.0900778; 139.5599167
Operated byJR logo (east).svg JR East
Line(s)■ Yonesaka Line
Distance79.7 km from Yonezawa
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
StatusStaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened10 August 1931
Passengers
FY201790
Services
Preceding station JR logo (east).svg JR East Following station
Echigo-Ōshima
towards Sakamachi
 Yonesaka Line Echigo-Katakai
towards Yonezawa
Location
Echigo-Shimoseki Station is located in Japan
Echigo-Shimoseki Station
Echigo-Shimoseki Station
Location within Japan

Echigo-Shimoseki Station (越後下関駅, Echigo-Shimoseki-eki) is a railway station on the Yonesaka Line in the village of Sekikawa, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines[]

Echigo-Shimoseki Station is served by the Yonesaka Line, and is located 79.7 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Yonezawa Station.

Station layout[]

The station has two opposed ground-level side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge.

Platforms[]

1 ■ Yonesaka Line for Oguni, Iwaizumi, and Yonezawa
2 ■ Yonesaka Line for Sakamachi

History[]

Echigo-Shimoseki Station opened on 10 August 1931. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987.

Passenger statistics[]

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 90 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area[]

See also[]

References[]

  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.

External links[]

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