Operated by JR East Opened 1 November 1915 Platforms in use 1 | Line(s) ■ Shinetsu Main Line Address Japan Rebuilt 2014 Tracks 2 | |
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Website www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=578 Previous names Jōoka Station (until 1951) Similar | ||
Kita-Nagaoka Station (北長岡駅, Kita-Nagaoka-eki) is a railway station on the Shinetsu Main Line in Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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Kita-Nagaoka Station is served by the Shinetsu Main Line and is 75.5 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Naoetsu Station.
Station layout
The station consists of one ground-level island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge, serving two tracks, located adjacent to the elevated Joetsu Shinkansen tracks. The station is unattended.
History
The station opened on 1 November 1915 as Jōoka Station (城岡駅). It was renamed Kita-Nagaoka on 20 June 1951. 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 July 2014.