Echigo-Akatsuka Station

Location
	Echigo-Akatsuka Station Location within Japan

Echigo-Akatsuka Station

越後赤塚駅
Echigo-Akatsuka Station; 越後赤塚駅
	Echigo-Akatsuka Station building in July 2004
General information
Location	886 Akatsuka, Nishi-ku, Niigata-shi, Niigata-ken; Japan
Elevation	4.4 m
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■Echigo Line
Distance	64.9 km from Kashiwazaki
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	25 December 1914
Location
Location
	Echigo-Akatsuka Station Location within Japan

Echigo-Akatsuka Station (越後赤塚駅, Echigo-Akatsuka-eki) is a railway station on the Echigo Line in Nishi-ku, Niigata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Echigo-Akatsuka Station is served by the 83.8 km (52.1 mi) Echigo Line, and is 64.9 km (40.3 mi) from starting point of the line at Kashiwazaki.^[1]

Station layout

The station consists of a ground-level island platform serving two tracks.^[1] The station is unattended.^[1]

Platforms

1	■ Echigo Line	for Niigata
2	■ Echigo Line	for Yoshida and Niigata (bidirectional)

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Echigo Line
Echigo-Sone		-	Uchino-Nishigaoka

History

The station opened on 25 December 1914.^[2] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.^[2]

Surrounding area

Niigata University of International and Information Studies
Sakata Lagoon

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Japan Railfan Club Niigata Branch, ed. (30 June 2015). 新潟県鉄道全駅増補改訂版 (in Japanese). Japan: Niigata Nippo Jigyousha Corp. p. 112. ISBN 978-4-86132-606-6. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
^ ^a ^b Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典国鉄・JR編 (in Japanese). Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 598-599. ISBN 4-533-02980-9. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

External links

Official website Template:Ja icon

37°48′58″N 138°54′29″E / 37.8161°N 138.9081°E / 37.8161; 138.9081

[niigata2015-1] Japan Railfan Club Niigata Branch, ed. (30 June 2015). 新潟県鉄道全駅増補改訂版 (in Japanese). Japan: Niigata Nippo Jigyousha Corp. p. 112. ISBN 978-4-86132-606-6. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

[teishajo1998-2] Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典国鉄・JR編 (in Japanese). Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 598-599. ISBN 4-533-02980-9. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

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