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Tōkamachi Station

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Operated by
  
JR East Hokuhoku Line

Passengers (FY2015)
  
530 daily (JR)

Opened
  
15 November 1927

Platforms
  
1 side + 2 island

Address
  
Japan

Tōkamachi Station

Location
  
Ushi, Tōkamachi-shi, Niigata-ken Japan

Line(s)
  
■Iiyama Line ■ Hokuhoku Line

Similar
  
Shinza Station, Iiyama Station, Echigo‑Kawaguchi Station, Matsudai Station, Muikamachi Station

Tōkamachi Station (十日町駅, -eki) is a railway station located in Tōkamachi, Niigata, operated jointly by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the third sector Hokuetsu Express.

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Lines

Tōkamachi Station is a station on the Iiyama Line, and is located 75.3 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Toyono. It is also a station for the Hokuhoku Line and is located 15.9 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Muikamachi Station.

Station layout

The JR portion of the station has a single side platform and island platforms serving three ground-level tracks connected by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. The Hokuetsu Express portion of the station has a single elevated island platform serving two tracks.

History

Tōkamachi Station opened on 15 November 1927. Following the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 530 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

References

Tōkamachi Station Wikipedia