Naoetsu Station

Naoetsu Station (直江津駅, Naoetsu-eki) is a railway station in the city of Jōetsu, Niigata, Japan, jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the third-sector railway operator Echigo Tokimeki Railway.

Naoetsu Station 直江津駅
Naoetsu Station in March 2010
Location	1-1 Azuma-cho, Jōetsu-shi, Niigata-ken 942-0003 Japan
Coordinates	37.171021°N 138.243113°E
Operated by	JR East Echigo Tokimeki Railway
Line(s)	■ Shinetsu Main Line ■ Myōkō Haneuma Line ■ Nihonkai Hisui Line ■ Hokuhoku Line
Platforms	3 island platforms
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
History
Opened	15 August 1886
Passengers
FY2017	2,203 daily (JR) 1,514 daily (Echigo)
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station through to Echigo TOKImeki Shirayuki Kakizaki toward Niigata Terminus Shin'etsu Main Line Rapid Saigata toward Niigata Shin'etsu Main Line Local Kuroi toward Niigata Preceding station Echigo TOKImeki Following station Kasugayama (limited service) toward Jōetsumyōkō Shirayuki through to JR East Kasugayama toward Myōkō-Kōgen Myōkō Haneuma Line Terminus Tanihama toward Ichiburi Nihonkai Hisui Line Preceding station Hokuhoku Express Following station Terminus Hokuhoku Line Chō-Rapid Mushigawa-Ōsugi (limited service) toward Echigo-Yuzawa Hokuhoku Line Rapid Local Kuroi (limited service) toward Echigo-Yuzawa
Location
Naoetsu Station Location within Myoko Haneuma Line Naoetsu Station Naoetsu Station (Nihonkai Hisui Line) Naoetsu Station Naoetsu Station (JR Shinetsu Main Line) Naoetsu Station Naoetsu Station (Hokuhoku Line) Naoetsu Station Naoetsu Station (Japan)

Lines

Naoetsu Station is served by the JR East Shinetsu Main Line, and is a terminus for the line, whose tracks are shared by the Hokuetsu Express Hokuhoku Line. The station also is served by the Echigo Tokimeki Railway Myōkō Haneuma Line and is located 37.7 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Myōkō-Kōgen and 75.0 kilometers from Nagano. On the Nihonkai Hisui Line, it is located 59.3 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Ichiburi and 353.8 kilometers from Maibara.

Station layout

Limited express Hokuetsu and platforms in July 2010

Ticket barriers

The station has three island platforms with an elevated station building. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1	■ Nihonkai Hisui Line	for Itoigawa and Tomari
2-4	■ Myōkō Haneuma Line	for Arai and Myōkō-Kōgen
	■ Nihonkai Hisui Line	for Itoigawa and Tomari
	■ Shinetsu Main Line	for Nagaoka and Niigata
5-6	■ Myōkō Haneuma Line	for Arai, Myōkō-Kōgen
	■ Nihonkai Hisui Line	for Itoigawa and Tomari
	■ Shin'etsu Main Line	for Nagaoka and Niigata
	■ Hokuetsu Express Hokuhoku Line	for Muikamachi and Echigo-Yuzawa

History

Former building, September 1997

Naoetsu Station opened on 15 August 1886.[1] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the joint control of JR East and JR West.[1]

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 and Hokuriku Main Line running roughly parallel to the new shinkansen line were reassigned to third-sector railway operating companies.[2] From this date, Naoetsu Station became a boundary station between the Myōkō Haneuma Line (former JR East Shinetsu Main Line) and the Nihonkai Hisui Line (former JR West Hokuriku Main Line) of the Niigata-owned Echigo Tokimeki Railway Company.[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the Myōkō Hanauma Line portion of the station was used by an average of 1,516 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]In fiscal 2017, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 2,203 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4]

Surrounding area

Hotels in front of the station, April 2020

• • Sado Steam Ship Ferry Terminal

References

1. Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. II. Japan: JTB. p. 582. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
2. しなの鉄道（株）、えちごトキめき鉄道（株）、あいの風とやま鉄道（株）及びＩＲいしかわ鉄道（株）申請の第一種鉄道事業許可について [Details of railway business approval for Shinano Railway, Echigo Tokimeki Railway Company, Ainokaze Toyama Railway, and IR Ishikawa Railway]. News release (in Japanese). Japan: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. 26 February 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
3. 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 2016)] (in Japanese). Japan: Echigo Tokimeki Railway Company. 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
4. 各駅の乗車人員 (2017年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2017)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.

External links

• Naoetsu Station (ETR Official Website) (in Japanese))
• Naoetsu Station (JR East Official Website) (in Japanese)