Gala-Yuzawa Station

Gala-Yuzawa Station (ガーラ湯沢駅, Gāra-yuzawa-eki) is a seasonal railway station on the Gala-Yuzawa Line in the town of Yuzawa, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Gala-Yuzawa Station ガーラ湯沢駅
The station exterior in March 2012
Location	Yuzawa, Yuzawa-machi, Minamiuonuma-gun, Niigata-ken 949-6101 Japan
Coordinates	36.950483°N 138.799478°E / 36.950483; 138.799478
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Gala-Yuzawa Line
Distance	1.8 km from Echigo-Yuzawa
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Status	Staffed ("Midori no Madoguchi" )
Website	www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=408
History
Opened	20 December 1990 (1990-12-20)
Traffic
Passengers	1,029 per day (FY2017)
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Echigo-Yuzawa toward Tokyo Jōetsu Shinkansen Tanigawa (limited service) Terminus
Location
Gala-Yuzawa Station Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Gala-Yuzawa Line from Echigo-Yuzawa Station, and forms the only station on this 1.8 km branch line. Services are classed as "Limited express", although they are actually extensions of Jōetsu Shinkansen Tanigawa services. The station is open to passengers only during the winter ski season, usually from mid-December until early May.

Layout

The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks.[1] The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1-2

■ Gala Yuzawa Line

for Echigo-Yuzawa, Omiya, and Tokyo

• 
  The ticket barriers, January 2015
• 
  The station platforms, March 2010

History

The station opened on 20 December 1990.[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 1,029 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	Daily average
2000	907[3]
2005	987[4]
2010	941[5]
2015	1,127[6]

Surrounding area

The Gala Yuzawa ski resort

The station adjoins the Gala Yuzawa ski resort.

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. "新幹線なのに在来線". Japan Railfan Magazine. Vol. 40 no. 467. Japan: Kōyūsha Co., Ltd. March 2000. pp. 66–67.
2. 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.
3. 各駅の乗車人員 (2000年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2001. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
4. 各駅の乗車人員 (2005年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2006. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
5. 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
6. 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.

External links

• JR East station information (in Japanese)
• Gala Yuzawa Snow Resort website (in English)