Nō Station (能生駅, Nō-eki) is a railway station in the city of Itoigawa, Niigata, Japan, operated by Echigo Tokimeki Railway.

Nō Station

能生駅
Nō Station in September 2011
General information
Location2538 Shirabyoshi, Nō, Itoigawa City, Niigata Prefecture
Japan
Coordinates37°05′46″N 137°59′18″E / 37.0962°N 137.9884°E / 37.0962; 137.9884
Operated by Echigo TOKImeki
Line(s)     Nihonkai Hisui Line
Distance33.4 km (20.8 mi) from Ichiburi
Platforms2 island platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeElevated
History
Opened16 December 1912; 111 years ago (16 December 1912)
Passengers
FY2021241 daily
Services
Preceding station Echigo TOKImeki Following station
Uramoto
towards Ichiburi
Nihonkai Hisui Line Tsutsuishi
towards Naoetsu
Location
Nō Station is located in Niigata Prefecture
Nō Station
Nō Station
Location within Niigata Prefecture
Nō Station is located in Central Japan
Nō Station
Nō Station
Nō Station (Central Japan)
Nō Station is located in Japan
Nō Station
Nō Station
Nō Station (Japan)

Lines

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Nō Station is served by the Nihonkai Hisui Line, and is 33.4 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Ichiburi and 327.9 kilometers from Maibara Station.

Station layout

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The station consists of two island platforms on an embankment, level with the second story of a two-story station building.

Platforms

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1, 2  Nihonkai Hisui Line for Naoetsu
3, 4  Nihonkai Hisui Line for Itoigawa

History

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The station opened on 16 December 1912, as part of the Japanese Government Railways (JGR, JNR after 1949). It was relocated to its present location of 1 October 1961.[citation needed]

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, Nō Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company Echigo Tokimeki Railway.

Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 331 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

See also

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References

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  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 2017)] (in Japanese). Japan: Echigo Tokimeki Railway Company. 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
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