Echigo-Kawaguchi Station

Location
	Echigo-Kawaguchi Station Location within Japan

Echigo-Kawaguchi Station

越後川口駅
Echigo-Kawaguchi Station; 越後川口駅
	Echigo-Kawaguchi Station in September 2015
General information
Location	693-1 Higachi-Kawaguchi, Nagaoka-shi, Niigata-ken 949-7504; Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Jōetsu Line; ■Iiyama Line;
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Other information
Website	www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=270
History
Opened	5 August 1921
Passengers
FY2015	208 daily
Location
Location
	Echigo-Kawaguchi Station Location within Japan

Echigo-Kawaguchi Station (越後川口駅, Echigo-Kawaguchi-eki) is a railway station in Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Echigo-Kawaguchi Station is served by the Jōetsu Line and Iiyama Line. It is 142.8 kilometers from the terminus of the Jōetsu Line at Takasaki and is the terminus of the 96.7 kilometers Iiyama Line.

Station layout

The station consists of one ground-level side platform and one island platform serving three tracks. The platforms are connected by an underground passageway. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1	■ Iiyama Line	for Tōkamachi, Togarinozawa-Onsen and Nagano
2	■ Jōetsu Line	for Nagaoka
3	■ Jōetsu Line	for Echigo-Yuzawa, Echigo-Nakazato and Minakami

Adjacent stations

«	Service	»
Iiyama Line
Uchigamaki	-	Terminus
Echigo Line
Kita-Horinouchi	-	Ojiya

History

The station opened on 5 August 1921. With 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 station was used by an average of 208 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

Surrounding area

former Kawaguchi Town Hall
Japan National Route 17

References

^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

External links

Echigo-Kawaguchi Station (JR East) Template:Ja icon

37°16′23″N 138°51′43″E / 37.27300278°N 138.8618083°E / 37.27300278; 138.8618083

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[jreast2015stats-1] 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

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