Oyashirazu Station

Oyashirazu Station (親不知駅, Oyashirazu-eki) is a railway station in Itoigawa, Niigata, Japan, operated by Echigo Tokimeki Railway.

Oyashirazu Station

親不知駅
Oyashirazu Station in September 2011
LocationUta, Itoigawa-shi, Niigata-ken 949-0307
Japan
Coordinates37.0069°N 137.7380°E / 37.0069; 137.7380
Operated by Echigo Tokimeki Railway
Line(s)■ Nihonkai Hisui Line
Distance8.6 km from Ichiburi
Platforms1 island platform
History
Opened16 December 1912
Passengers
FY201718
Location
Oyashirazu Station
Location within Japan

Lines

Oyashirazu Station is served by the Nihonkai Hisui Line, and is 8.6 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Ichiburi and 303.1 kilometers from Maibara Station.

Station layout

The station consists of one island platform connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station is unattended.

Platforms
1 ■ Nihonkai Hisui Line for Tomari and Toyama
2 ■ Nihonkai Hisui Line for Itoigawa and Naoetsu

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Nihonkai Hisui Line
Ichiburi Local Ōmi

History

The station opened on 16 December 1912, as part of the Japanese Government Railways (JGR, JNR after 1949). 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.[1] From this date, Oyashirazu Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company Echigo Tokimeki Railway.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 18 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

Surrounding area
  • Oyashirazu Post Office
  • Oyashirazu Swimming Beach

See also

References
  1. 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.
  2. 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 20177)] (in Japanese). Japan: Echigo Tokimeki Railway Company. 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.


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