Echigo-Takiya Station

Echigo-Takiya Station
越後滝谷駅

Echigo-Takiya Station in September 2004
Location 402 Takiya, Nagaoka-shi, Niigata-ken 940-1138
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Jōetsu Line
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Other information
Website www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=276
History
Opened 1 November 1920
Previous names Muikaichi Station (to 1925)
Location
Echigo-Takiya Station
Location within Japan

Echigo-Takiya Station (越後滝谷駅 Echigo-Takiya-eki) is a railway station in Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Echigo-Takiya Station is served by the Jōetsu Line and Iiyama Line. It is 156.6 kilometers from the terminusof the Jōetsu Line at Takasaki.

Station layout

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

Platforms

station side  Jōetsu Line for Echigo-Yuzawa, Echigo-Nakazato and Minakami
opp side  Jōetsu Line for Nagaoka

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Echigo Line
Ojiya - Miyauchi

History

The station opened on 1 November 1920 as Muikaichi Station (六日市駅 Muikaichi ski). It was renamed to its present name on 1 October 1925. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

Surrounding area

See also

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Coordinates: 37°22′07″N 138°50′06″E / 37.3687°N 138.8351°E / 37.3687; 138.8351


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