Echigo-Kangawa Station
Echigo-Kangawa Station 越後寒川駅 | |||||||||||
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 Echigo-Kangawa Station in June 2010 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Kangawa, Murakami-shi, Niigata-ken 959-2026 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°26′55.4″N 139°29′24.2″E / 38.448722°N 139.490056°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Uetsu Main Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 87.5 km from Niitsu | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 31 July 1924 | ||||||||||
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Echigo-Kangawa Station (越後寒川駅, Echigo-Kangawa eki) is a railway station in the city of Murakami, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
[edit]Echigo-Kangawa Station is served by the Uetsu Main Line, and is 87.5 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Niitsu Station.
Station layout
[edit]The station consists of one ground-level side platforms and one island platform connected by a footbridge. The station is unattended.
Platforms
[edit]| 1, 2 | ■ Uetsu Main Line | for Murakami and Niitsu |
| 3 | ■ Uetsu Main Line | for Tsuruoka and Sakata |
History
[edit]Echigo-Kangawa Station opened on 31 July 1924. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.[1]
Surrounding area
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Ishino, Tetsu (1 October 1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 Ⅱ [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR II] (in Japanese) (1st ed.). JTB. p. 560.
External links
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