Kamo Station (Niigata)

Location
	Kamo Station Location within JR Shinetsu Main Line Kamo Station Kamo Station (Japan)

Kamo Station

加茂駅
Kamo Station; 加茂駅
	East side of the station (April 2020)
General information
Location	1-1 Kamoeki-mae, Kamo-shi, Niigata-ken 959-1384; Japan
Coordinates	37°39′32″N 139°02′56″E / 37.6589°N 139.049°E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Shin'etsu Main Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi )
Website	Official website
History
Opened	20 November 1897; 127 years ago
Passengers
	2,837 (FY2017)
Services
Location
Location
	Kamo Station Location within JR Shinetsu Main Line Kamo Station Kamo Station (Japan)

Kamo Station (加茂駅, Kamo-eki) is a railway station in the city of Kamo, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Kamo Station is served by the Shin'etsu Main Line and is 103.8 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Naoetsu Station.

Station layout

West side of the station (July 2004)

The station consists of two ground-level opposed side platforms connected by an underground passageway, serving two tracks. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Station interior (April 2020)

Platforms

1	■ Shin'etsu Main Line	for Nagaoka, Kashiwazaki, Naoetsu
2	■ Shin'etsu Main Line	for Niitsu, Niigata

History

Kamo Station opened on 20 November 1897. The privately owned Kanbara Railway Company operated a line from Kamo to Gosen from 1930 to 1988. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 2837 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

Surrounding area

Shopping street of Kamo

Kamo City Hall
Kamo Post Office
National Route 403

References

^ 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

JR East station information (in Japanese)

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[jreast2017stats-1] 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.

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