Itoigawa Station
糸魚川 | |
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 The station building, December 2013 | |
| General information | |
| Location | 1-7-10 Ōmachi |
| Operated by | JR West |
| Line(s) | Hokuriku Shinkansen, Ōito Line |
Itoigawa Station (糸魚川駅, Itoigawa-eki) is a railway station in Itoigawa, Niigata, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and the third-sector railway operator Echigo Tokimeki Railway.
Lines
Itoigawa Station is served by the JR West high-speed Hokuriku Shinkansen and the local Ōito Line as well as the Echigo Tokimeki Railway Nihonkai Hisui Line.
Station layout
The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Platforms
The station has one side platform and one island platform, serving four tracks in total. The elevated shinkansen platforms opened on 14 March 2015.
| 1 | ■ Nihonkai Hisui Line | for Naoetsu |
| 2 | ■ Nihonkai Hisui Line | for Naoetsu for Ichiburi |
| 3 | ■ Nihonkai Hisui Line | for Ichiburi |
| 4 | ■ Ōito Line | for Minami-Otari |
| 11 | ■ Hokuriku Shinkansen | for Nagano and Tokyo |
| 12 | ■ Hokuriku Shinkansen | for Toyama and Kanazawa |
The departure melody used for the shinkansen platforms is the traditional children's song "Haru yo Koi" (春よ来い), the lyrics for which were written by ja, a native of Itoigawa.[1]
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hokuriku Shinkansen | ||||
| Kagayaki: Does not stop at this station | ||||
| Jōetsumyōkō | Hakutaka | Kurobe-Unazukionsen | ||
| Hokuriku Main Line | ||||
| Niigata | Local | Kajiyashiki | ||
| Ōito Line | ||||
| Niigata | Local | Terminus | ||
History
The station opened on 16 December 1912.[2] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.[2]
See also
References
- ^ 北陸新幹線 発車メロディの決定について. News release (in Japanese). Japan: West Japan Railway Company. 9 December 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
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