Echigo-Hirose Station (越後広瀬駅, Echigo-Hirose-eki) is a railway station in Uonuma, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Echigo-Hirose Station

越後広瀬駅
Echigo-Hirose Station in August 2006
General information
LocationNamiyanagi, Uonuma-shi, Niigata-ken 946-0111
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Tadami Line
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Other information
Websitewww.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=281
History
Opened1 November 1942
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Yabukami
towards Koide
Tadami Line Uonuma-Tanaka
Location
Echigo-Hirose Station is located in JR Tadami Line
Echigo-Hirose Station
Echigo-Hirose Station
Location within JR Tadami Line
Echigo-Hirose Station is located in Japan
Echigo-Hirose Station
Echigo-Hirose Station
Echigo-Hirose Station (Japan)

Lines

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Echigo-Hirose Station is served by the Tadami Line, and is 129.5 kilometers from terminus of the line at Aizu-Wakamatsu.

Station layout

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The station consists of one ground-level side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended.

History

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Echigo-Hirose Station opened on 1 November 1942, as an intermediate station on the initial western section of the Tadami Line between Koide and Ōshirakawa.[1] Along with the rest of the Tadami Line, the station came under the ownership of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) in 1949, and was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987.

Surrounding area

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The station and Mt. Shimo-Gongendo

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Tadami Line User Manual" (PDF). Union Workshop. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
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37°16′27″N 138°58′52″E / 37.2742°N 138.9811°E / 37.2742; 138.9811