Echigo-Horinouchi Station

Echigo-Horinouchi Station (越後堀之内駅, Echigo-Horinouchi-eki) is a railway station on the Jōetsu Line in Uonuma, Niigata, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Echigo-Horinouchi Station

越後堀之内駅
Echigo-Horinouchi Station, September 2004
Location3860 Horinouchi, Uonuma-shi, Niigata-ken
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s)■Jōetsu Line
Platforms2 side platforms
History
Opened1922
Passengers
FY2015433 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station
Koide
toward Takasaki
 Jōetsu Line Kita-Horinouchi
toward Nagaoka
Location
Echigo-Horinouchi Station
Location within Japan

Lines

Echigo-Horinouchi Station is a station on the Jōetsu Line, and is located 134.7 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Takasaki.

Station layout

The station has two opposed ground-level side platforms serving three tracks, connected by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms
1 ■ Jōetsu Line for Koide, Echigo-Yuzawa
2 ■ Jōetsu Line for Nagaoka

History

Echigo-Horinouchi Station opened on 1 August 1922. Upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, it came under the control of JR East.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 433 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area
  • former Horinouchi town hall
  • Japan National Route 17
  • Horinouchi Post Office
  • Horinouchi Elementary School
  • Horinouchi Middle School

See also

References
  1. 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.


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