Operated by JR East Status Unstaffed Opened 1899 Tracks 2 | Line(s) ■ Shin'etsu Main Line Address Japan Platforms in use 2 | |
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Location Ōmigawa, Kashiwazaki-shi, Niigata
（新潟県柏崎市青海川）
Japan Similar Kujiranami Station, Kasashima Station, Ibarame Station, Nagatori Station, Echigo‑Hirota Station | ||
a impressive sunset from migawa station
Ōmigawa Station (青海川駅, Ōmigawa-eki) is a railway station on the Shinetsu Main Line in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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Lines
Ōmigawa Station is served by the Shinetsu Main Line, and is 29.6 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Naoetsu Station.
Layout
The station is unstaffed and consists of two opposed side platforms connected by a footbridge.
History
The station was opened on 28 July 1899. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.
On 17 July 2007, the station and line was damaged and blocked by a landslide caused by the 2007 Chūetsu offshore earthquake. The line reopened to traffic on 13 September 2007. A new station building was completed on 25 March 2008.