Naoetsu Station

Naoetsu Station (直江津駅, Naoetsu-eki) is a railway station in the city of Jōetsu, Niigata, Japan, jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the third-sector railway operator Echigo Tokimeki Railway.

Naoetsu Station

直江津駅
Naoetsu Station in March 2010
Location1-1 Azuma-cho, Jōetsu-shi, Niigata-ken 942-0003
Japan
Coordinates37.171021°N 138.243113°E / 37.171021; 138.243113
Operated by
Line(s)
  • ■ Shinetsu Main Line
  • ■ Myōkō Haneuma Line
  • ■ Nihonkai Hisui Line
  • ■ Hokuhoku Line
Platforms3 island platforms
Other information
StatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
History
Opened15 August 1886 (1886-08-15)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2017)2,203 daily (JR)
1,514 daily (Echigo)
Location
Naoetsu Station
Location within Myoko Haneuma Line
Naoetsu Station
Naoetsu Station (Nihonkai Hisui Line)
Naoetsu Station
Naoetsu Station (JR Shinetsu Main Line)
Naoetsu Station
Naoetsu Station (Hokuhoku Line)
Naoetsu Station
Naoetsu Station (Japan)

Lines

Naoetsu Station is served by the JR East Shinetsu Main Line, and is a terminus for the line, whose tracks are shared by the Hokuetsu Express Hokuhoku Line. The station also is served by the Echigo Tokimeki Railway Myōkō Haneuma Line and is located 37.7 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Myōkō-Kōgen and 75.0 kilometers from Nagano. On the Nihonkai Hisui Line, it is located 59.3 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Ichiburi and 353.8 kilometers from Maibara.

Station layout
Limited express Hokuetsu and platforms in July 2010
Ticket barriers

The station has three island platforms with an elevated station building. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms
1 ■ Nihonkai Hisui Line for Itoigawa and Tomari
2-4 ■ Myōkō Haneuma Line for Arai and Myōkō-Kōgen
■ Nihonkai Hisui Line for Itoigawa and Tomari
■ Shinetsu Main Line for Nagaoka and Niigata
5-6 ■ Myōkō Haneuma Line for Arai, Myōkō-Kōgen
■ Nihonkai Hisui Line for Itoigawa and Tomari
■ Shin'etsu Main Line for Nagaoka and Niigata
■ Hokuetsu Express Hokuhoku Line for Muikamachi and Echigo-Yuzawa

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Shinetsu Main Line
Terminus   Shirayuki   Kakizaki
Terminus   Rapid   Saigata
Terminus   Local   Kuroi
Nihonkai Hisui Line
Tanihama   Local   Terminus
Myōkō Haneuma Line
Kasugayama   Local   Terminus
Hokuhoku Line
Terminus   Local   Saigata

History
Former building, September 1997

Naoetsu Station opened on 15 August 1886.[1] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the joint control of JR East and JR West.[1]

From 14 March 2015, with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from Nagano to Kanazawa, local passenger operations over sections of the Shinetsu Main Line and Hokuriku Main Line running roughly parallel to the new shinkansen line were reassigned to third-sector railway operating companies.[2] From this date, Naoetsu Station became a boundary station between the Myōkō Haneuma Line (former JR East Shinetsu Main Line) and the Nihonkai Hisui Line (former JR West Hokuriku Main Line) of the Niigata-owned Echigo Tokimeki Railway Company.[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the Myōkō Hanauma Line portion of the station was used by an average of 1,516 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]In fiscal 2017, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 2,203 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4]

Surrounding area
Hotels in front of the station, April 2020
  • former Naoetsu City Office
  • Naoetsu Port
  • Elmar Shopping Center
  • Joetsu Aquarium Umigatari
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gollark: (and does not go down if you buy any, just if DR goes down)
gollark: Unless the stock limit is, say, the number of threads in DR.
gollark: They're *both* awful!

References
  1. Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. II. Japan: JTB. p. 582. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  2. しなの鉄道（株）、えちごトキめき鉄道（株）、あいの風とやま鉄道（株）及びＩＲいしかわ鉄道（株）申請の第一種鉄道事業許可について [Details of railway business approval for Shinano Railway, Echigo Tokimeki Railway Company, Ainokaze Toyama Railway, and IR Ishikawa Railway]. News release (in Japanese). Japan: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. 26 February 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  3. 平成29年度の乗車状況（平成29年4月1日～平成30年3月31日）［各駅の１日平均乗車人員 [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2016)] (in Japanese). Japan: Echigo Tokimeki Railway Company. 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  4. 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.


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