Tsutsuishi Station (筒石駅, Tsutsuishi-eki) is a railway station in Itoigawa, Niigata, Japan, operated by Echigo Tokimeki Railway.
Tsutsuishi Station 筒石駅 | |||||||||||
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 Tsutsuishi Station in March 2010 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 928 Otani, Senno, Itoigawa City, Niigata Prefecture 949-1302 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°07′39″N 138°03′38″E / 37.1276°N 138.0606°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by |  Echigo TOKImeki | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Nihonkai Hisui Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 16 December 1912 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY2021 | 17 daily | ||||||||||
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Lines
editTsutsuishi Station is served by the Nihonkai Hisui Line, and is 40.9 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Ichiburi and 335.4 kilometers from Maibara Station.
Station layout
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The station consists of two opposed side platforms located inside the 11,353 meters (37,247 ft) long Kubiki Tunnel, 40 meters (130 ft) below ground, connected to the entrance gate by 290 steps. There is only a stairway, with no elevator or escalator. Due to the air pressure generated by passing trains, access to the platform is limited and a protected waiting room with heavy metal doors keep passengers safe from typhoon-like wind. Average daily ridership at this station is approximately 60, mostly students.[1]
Platforms
edit| west | ■ Nihonkai Hisui Line | for Naoetsu |
| east | ■ Nihonkai Hisui Line | for Itoigawa |
History
editThe station opened on December 16, 1912, as part of the Japanese Government Railways (JGR, JNR after 1949). On October 1, 1969, a new Tsutsuishi Station was opened. On April 1, 1987, with the privatization of JNR, JR West took over control of this station.
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.[2] From this date, Tsutsuishi Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company Echigo Tokimeki Railway.
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 23 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]
Surrounding area
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- Tsutsuishi fishing port
- Tsutsuishi Post Office
- Isobe Elementary School
Gallery
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March 2010 -
Branch between Lower and upper platforms, March 2010 -
Platform waiting room. When trains arrive, the display turns on and sounds are alarmed, March 2010 -
Platform for Naoetsu, March 2010
See also
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edit- ^ Baseel, Casey (2015-03-14). "Crazy station's 290 steps from gate to platform make it the deepest and spookiest in Niigata". Rocket News 24 English. Socio Corporation. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
External links
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- Train timetables (in Japanese)