Bunsui Station

Location
	Bunsui Station Location within JR Echigo Line Bunsui Station Bunsui Station (Japan)

Bunsui Station

分水駅
Bunsui Station; 分水駅
	Bunsui Station in April 1995
General information
Location	Bunsui Sakuramachi, Tsubame-shi, Niigata-ken 959-0130; Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Echigo Line
Distance	41.5 km from Kashiwazaki
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Website	www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=1394
History
Opened	28 December 1912
Previous names	Jizodo Station (to 1983)
Passengers
FY2015	552 daily
Location
Location
	Bunsui Station Location within JR Echigo Line Bunsui Station Bunsui Station (Japan)

Bunsui Station (分水駅, Bunsui-eki) is a railway station in Tsubame, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Bunsui Station is served by the Echigo Line, and is 41.5 kilometers from terminus of the line at Kashiwazaki.

Station layout

The station consists of two ground-level side platforms serving two tracks. However, one of the platforms is not normally used. The platforms are connected by an underground passageway.

The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. Suica farecard cannot be used at this station^[1].

Platforms

1	■ Echigo Line	for Yoshida and Niigata for Kashiwazaki
2	■ Echigo Line	(not in service)

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Echigo Line
Teradomari		-	Aōzu

History

The station opened on 28 December 1912 as Jizodo Station (地蔵堂駅, Jizo-do-eki). It was renamed to its present name on 1 April 1983. 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 March 2000.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 552 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[2]

Surrounding area

Bunsui Post Office

References

^ Suica＞利用可能エリア＞新潟エリア＞拡大図 [Suica Area in Niigata] (in Japanese). Japan: JR East. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.

External links

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37°37′44″N 138°50′21″E / 37.6290°N 138.8392°E / 37.6290; 138.8392

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[1] Suica＞利用可能エリア＞新潟エリア＞拡大図 [Suica Area in Niigata] (in Japanese). Japan: JR East. Retrieved 17 November 2017.

[jreast2015stats-2] 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.

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