Tōkamachi Station

Location
	Tōkamachi Station Location within Japan

Tōkamachi Station

十日町駅
Tōkamachi Station; 十日町駅
	Tōkamachi Station for Hokuetsu Express
General information
Location	Ushi, Tōkamachi-shi, Niigata-ken 948-0079; Japan
Coordinates	37°8′5.53″N 138°45′24.06″E / 37.1348694°N 138.7566833°E
Operated by	JR East; Hokuhoku Express;
Line(s)	■Iiyama Line; ■ Hokuhoku Line;
Platforms	1 side + 2 island platforms
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
History
Opened	15 November 1927; 97 years ago
Passengers
FY2017	505 daily (JR)
Services
Location
Location
	Tōkamachi Station Location within Japan

Tōkamachi Station (十日町駅, Tōkamachi-eki) is a railway station located in the city of Tōkamachi, Niigata, operated jointly by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the third sector Hokuetsu Express.

Lines

Tōkamachi Station is a station on the Iiyama Line, and is located 75.3 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Toyono. It is also a station for the Hokuhoku Line and is located 15.9 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Muikamachi Station.

Station layout

The JR portion of the station has a single side platform and island platforms serving three ground-level tracks connected by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. The Hokuetsu Express portion of the station has a single elevated island platform serving two tracks.

JR East

1	■ Iiyama Line	for Togari-Nozawaonsen, Iiyama , and Nagano
2	■ Iiyama Line	for Togari-Nozawaonsen, Iiyama and Nagano for Echigo-Kawaguchi and Nagaoka
3	■ Iiyama Line	for Echigo-Kawaguchi and Nagaoka

Hokuetsu Express

11	■ Hokuhoku Line	for Saigata and Naoetsu
12	■ Hokuhoku Line	for Muikamachi and Echigo-Yuzawa

History

Tōkamachi Station opened on 15 November 1927. Following the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

The Hokuhoku Line station opened on 22 March 1997, coinciding with the opening of the Hokuhoku Line.^[2]^[3]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 505 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[4]

Surrounding area

National Route 117
Tōkamachi City Hospital

References

^ "Timetable｜Hokuetsu Express Co., Ltd". hokuhoku-line.jp. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
^ Kusamichi, Yoshikazu (3 March 2017). "北越急行ほくほく線、開業20周年で記念カード配布 3月22日". Response Automotive Media (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 16 November 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
^ "会社概要" [Company History]. hokuhoku.co.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 18 January 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
^ 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

[1] "Timetable｜Hokuetsu Express Co., Ltd". hokuhoku-line.jp. Retrieved 2023-11-22.

[2] Kusamichi, Yoshikazu (3 March 2017). "北越急行ほくほく線、開業20周年で記念カード配布 3月22日". Response Automotive Media (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 16 November 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2024.

[3] "会社概要" [Company History]. hokuhoku.co.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 18 January 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2024.

[jreast2017stats-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.

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