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Kita Nagaoka Station

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Operated by
  
JR East

Distance
  
75.5 km from Naoetsu

Opened
  
1 November 1915

Platforms in use
  
1

Line(s)
  
■ Shinetsu Main Line

Address
  
Japan

Rebuilt
  
2014

Tracks
  
2

Kita-Nagaoka Station

Location
  
2 Jōoka, Nagaoka-shi, Niigata-ken Japan

Website
  
www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=578

Previous names
  
Jōoka Station (until 1951)

Similar
  
Oshikiri Station, Nagaoka Station, Miyauchi Station, Raikōji Station, Echigo‑Iwatsuka Station

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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Lines

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.

Surrounding area

  • National Route 352
  • References

    Kita-Nagaoka Station Wikipedia