Echigo-Tazawa Station

Echigo-Tazawa Station (越後田沢駅, Echigo-Tazawa-eki) is a railway station in the city of Tōkamachi, Niigata, Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Echigo-Tazawa Station

越後田沢駅
Echigo-Tazawa Station in April 2010
LocationTanaka, Tōkamachi-shi, Niigata-ken 949-8407
Japan
Coordinates37.0554°N 138.6947°E / 37.0554; 138.6947
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Iiyama Line
Distance64.5 kilometers from Toyono
Platforms1 side platform
Other information
Statusunstaffed
Websitewww.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=277
History
Opened6 November 1927
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station
Echigo-Shikawatari
toward Nagano
Iiyama Line Echigo-Mizusawa
Location
Echigo-Tazawa Station
Location within Japan

Lines

Echigo-Tazawa Station is served by the Iiyama Line, and is 64.5 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Toyono Station.

Station layout

The station consists of a single side platform serving one bi-directional track. The station is unattended.

History

Echigo-Tazawa Station opened on 6 November 1927. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East. A new station building was completed in 2001.

Surrounding area

See also


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