Echigo-Katakai Station

Echigo-Katakai Station 越後片貝駅
Echigo-Katakai Station in August 2004
General information
Location	83 Katakai, Sekikawa-mura, Iwafune-gun, Niigata-ken Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Yonesaka Line
Platforms	1 side platform
Other information
Website	www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=268
History
Opened	1933
Location Echigo-Katakai Station Location within Japan

Echigo-Katakai Station (越後片貝駅, Echigo-Katakai-eki) is a railway station in Sekikawa, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Echigo-Katakai Station is served by the Yonesaka Line, and is located 73.1 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Yonezawa Station.

Station layout

The station has one ground-level side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended, but the station building also serves as a local public assembly hall.

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Yonesaka Line
Echigo-Kanamaru		-	Echigo-Shimoseki

History

Echigo-Katakai Station opened on 30 November 1933. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987.

Surrounding area

• Japan National Route 113

External links

• JR East Station information Template:Ja icon