Echigo-Akatsuka Station

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).

Echigo-Akatsuka Station

越後赤塚駅
Echigo-Akatsuka Station building in August 2018
Location886 Akatsuka, Nishi-ku, Niigata-shi, Niigata-ken
Japan
Coordinates37.8161°N 138.9081°E / 37.8161; 138.9081
Elevation4.4 m[1]
Operated by JR East
Line(s)■Echigo Line
Distance64.9 km from Kashiwazaki
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened25 December 1914
Traffic
Passengers (FY2010)915 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station
Echigo-Sone
toward Kashiwazaki
 Echigo Line Uchino-Nishigaoka
toward Niigata
Location
Echigo-Akatsuka Station
Location within JR Echigo Line
Echigo-Akatsuka Station
Echigo-Akatsuka Station (Japan)

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)

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
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See also

References
  1. 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. 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. pp. 598–599. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
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