Kobari Station

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

Kobari Station

小針駅
Kobari Station; 小針駅
	A local train at track 2 in December 2013
General information
Location	5-12 Kobariminamidai, Nishi-ku, Niigata-shi, Niigata-ken 950-2026; Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■　Echigo Line
Distance	76.3 km from Kashiwazaki
Platforms	2 side platforms
Other information
Website	www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=704
History
Opened	1 June 1960
Passengers
FY2015	2,642 daily
Location
Location
	Kobari Station Location within JR Echigo Line Kobari Station Kobari Station (Japan)

Kobari Station (小針駅, Kobari-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

Kobari Station is served by the Echigo Line, and is 76.3 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Kashiwazaki Station.

Layout

The station consists of two ground-level opposed side platforms connected by a footbridge, serving two tracks.

The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office. Suica farecard can be used at this station^[1].

Platforms

1	■ Echigo Line	for Yoshida
2	■ Echigo Line	for Niigata

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Echigo Line
Terao		-	Aoyama

History

The station opened on 1 June 1960. 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 2,642 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[2]

Surrounding area

Niigata Industrial High School
Kobari Junior High School
Kobari Elementary School

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). East Japan Railway Company. 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.

External links

JR East station information Template:Ja icon

37°53′23″N 138°59′29″E / 37.8897°N 138.9914°E / 37.8897; 138.9914

[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). East Japan Railway Company. 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.

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