Line(s) ■ Myōkō Hanauma Line Address Japan Platforms in use 1 | Passengers (FY2015) 154 daily Opened 1886 | |
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Location Sekiyama, Myōkō-shi, Niigata-ken
Japan Operated by Echigo Tokimeki Railway Distance 6.4 km from Myōkō-Kōgen Similar Nihongi Station, Myōkō‑Kōgen Station, Kita‑Arai Station, Arai Station, Tsubame Hot Spring | ||
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Sekiyama Station (関山駅, Sekiyama-eki) is a railway station in Myōkō, Niigata, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operator Echigo Tokimeki Railway.
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Lines
Sekiyama Station is served by the 37.7 km Echigo Tokimeki Railway Myōkō Haneuma Line from Myōkō-Kōgen to Naoetsu, and is located 6.4 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Myōkō-Kōgen and 43.7 kilometers from Nagano.
History
Sekiyama Station opened on 15 August 1886. With the privatization of 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, Sekiyama 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 154 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).