Operated by JR East Distance 2.7 km from Naoetsu Address Japan Tracks 2 | Line(s) ■ Shinetsu Main Line Platforms 1 island platform Opened 1 July 1902 | |
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Location 2692-1 Kuroi-Nishihara, Jōetsu-shi, Niigata-ken
Japan Website www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=537 Similar Saigata Station, Jōgehama Station, Dosokohama Station, Katamachi Station, Kakizaki Station | ||
Kuroi Station (黒井駅, Kuroi-eki) is a railway station on the Shinetsu Main Line in Jōetsu, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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Kurt Station is served by the Shin'etsu Main Line, and is 2.7 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Naoetsu Station. The station also has a freight terminal operated by Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).
Station layout
The station consists of one ground-level island platform with an elevated station building located above and at a right angle to the platform. The station is unattended.
History
The station opened on 1 July 1902, as a freight station of the Hokuetsu Railway, which was nationalized in 1907. Passenger service began on 1 September 1906. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.