Myōkō-Kōgen Station

Myōkō-Kōgen Station (妙高高原駅, Myōkō-Kōgen-eki) is a railway station in Myōkō, Niigata, Japan, jointly operated by the third-sector railway operators Shinano Railway and Echigo Tokimeki Railway.

Myōkō-Kōgen Station 妙高高原駅
Myōkō-Kōgen Station in June 2015
Location	312 Taguchi, Myōkō-shi, Niigata-ken 949-2106 Japan
Coordinates	36.8720°N 138.2121°E
Elevation	510 m[1]
Operated by	Shinano Railway Echigo Tokimeki Railway
Line(s)	■ Shinano Railway Kita-Shinano Line ■ Myōkō Haneuma Line
Distance	37.3 km from Nagano
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platforms
Tracks	3
History
Opened	1 May 1888
Previous names	Taguchi (until 1969)
Passengers
FY2017	282 daily
Location
Myōkō-Kōgen Station Location within Myoko Haneuma Line Myōkō-Kōgen Station Myōkō-Kōgen Station (Japan)

Lines

Myōkō-Kōgen forms the boundary station between the 37.3 km Shinano Railway Kita-Shinano Line from Nagano and the 37.7 km Echigo Tokimeki Railway Myōkō Haneuma Line to Naoetsu. No through-running services operate, but a cross-platform transfer is provided, with Shinano Railway trains normally using platform 2 and Echigo Tokimeki Railway trains normally using platform 3.[2]

Station layout

The station has one side platform and one island platform connected by a footbridge.

Platforms

1	■ Myōkō Haneuma Line	for Jōetsumyōkō, Takada, and Naoetsu
2	■ Kita-Shinano Line	for Toyono and Nagano
3	■ Myōkō Haneuma Line	for Jōetsu-Myōkō, Takada, and Naoetsu

• 
  A Shinano Railway 115 series train at platform 2 in June 2015
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  ETR and Shinano Railway trains at platforms 3 and 2 in June 2015
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  Station interior, August 2018

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Kita-Shinano Line
Kurohime		Local		Terminus
Myōkō Haneuma Line
Terminus		Local		Sekiyama

History

Myōkō-Kōgen Station in April 2006, when operated by JR East

The station opened on 1 May 1888, named Taguchi Station (田口駅).[3] It was renamed Myōkō-Kōgen Station on 1 October 1969.[3] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[3]

From 14 March 2015, with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from Nagano to Kanazawa, local passenger operations over sections of the Shinetsu Main Line running roughly parallel to the new shinkansen line were reassigned to different third-sector railway operating companies.[2] From this date, Myōkō-Kōgen Station became a boundary station between the Shinano Railway Kita-Shinano Line of Nagano Prefecture to the south and the Echigo Tokimeki Railway Myōkō Haneuma Line of Niigata Prefecture to the north.[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 282 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4]

Surrounding area

• Former Myoko-Kogen town hall
• National Route 18

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. Japan Railfan Club Niigata Branch, ed. (30 June 2015). The Databook of all Railroad Stations in Niigata (Revised Edition) (in Japanese). Niigata Nipposha. p. 241. ISBN 978-4-86132-606-6.
2. Osano, Kagetoshi (March 2015). 　北陸新幹線並行在来線各社の姿 [Guide to companies operating conventional lines alongside the Hokuriku Shinkansen]. Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 44 no. 371. Japan: Kōtsū Shimbun. pp. 28–33.
3. Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). II. Japan: JTB. p. 580. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
4. 平成29年度の乗車状況（平成29年4月1日～平成30年3月31日））［各駅の１日平均乗車人員 [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: Echigo Tokimeki Railway Company. 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2018.

External links

• Shinano Railway station information (in Japanese)
• Echigo Tokimeki Railway Station information (in Japanese)
• Timetable for Myōkō-Kōgen Station (in Japanese)