Line(s) ■ Myoko Haneuma Line Address Japan Platforms in use 1 | Passengers (FY2015) 696 Opened 26 October 1928 Tracks 1 | |
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Location 3-1-1 Kasugayamamachi, Jōetsu-shi, Niigata-ken 943-0807Japan Similar | ||
Kasugayama Station (春日山駅, Kasugayama-eki) is a railway station on the Echigo Tokimeki Railway Myōkō Haneuma Line in Jōetsu, Niigata, Japan operated by the third-sector operator Echigo Tokimeki Railway. The station opened on October 26, 1928.
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Lines
Kasugayama Station is served by the 37.7 km Echigo Tokimeki Railway Myōkō Haneuma Line from Myōkō-Kōgen to Naoetsu, and is located 34.9 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Myōkō-Kōgen and 72.2 kilometers from Nagano.
Station layout
The station has one side platform serving a single bi-directional track.
History
The station opened on 26 October 1928. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.
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. From this date, Kasugayama Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company Echigo Tokimeki Railway.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 696 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).