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Echigo Kawaguchi Station

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Operated by
  
JR East

Address
  
Japan

Tracks
  
3

Passengers (FY2015)
  
208 daily

Opened
  
5 August 1921

Echigo-Kawaguchi Station

Location
  
693-1 Higachi-Kawaguchi, Nagaoka-shi, Niigata-ken 949-7504 Japan

Line(s)
  
■ Jōetsu Line ■Iiyama Line

Platforms
  
1 side + 1 island platform

Website
  
www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=270

Similar
  
Echigo‑Takiya Station, Iiyama Station, Tōkamachi Station, Togari‑Nozawaonsen Station, Uchigamaki Station

Echigo-Kawaguchi Station (越後川口駅, Echigo-Kawaguchi-eki) is a railway station in Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

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Lines

Echigo-Kawaguchi Station is served by the Jōetsu Line and Iiyama Line. It is 142.8 kilometers from the terminus of the Jōetsu Line at Takasaki and is the terminus of the 96.7 kilometers Iiyama Line.

Station layout

The station consists of one ground-level side platform and one island platform serving three tracks. The platforms are connected by an underground passageway. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

History

The station opened on 5 August 1921. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 208 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

  • former Kawaguchi Town Hall
  • Japan National Route 17
  • References

    Echigo-Kawaguchi Station Wikipedia