is an interchange railway station in

Jōetsu, Niigata is a city located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 189,430, in 76,461 households with a population density of 190 persons per km2. The total area of the city was . Jōetsu borders the Sea of Japan and ...

, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East),

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(JR West) and the third-sector railway operator

Echigo Tokimeki Railway The (ETR) is a Japanese third-sector railway operating company established in 2010 to operate passenger railway services on the sections of the JR East Shinetsu Main Line and JR West Hokuriku Main Line within Niigata Prefecture when they were ...

. It opened in March 2015.

Lines

Jōetsumyōkō Station is served by the

Echigo Tokimeki Railway Myōkō Haneuma Line The (ETR) is a Japanese third-sector railway operating company established in 2010 to operate passenger railway services on the sections of the JR East Shinetsu Main Line and JR West Hokuriku Main Line within Niigata Prefecture when they were ...

and the high-speed

Hokuriku Shinkansen The is a high-speed Shinkansen railway line jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and West Japan Railway Company (JR West), connecting Tokyo with in the Hokuriku region of Japan. The first section, between and in Nagano Pr ...

, which opened for service on 14 March 2015. It replaced Wakinoda Station on the Shinetsu Main Line, located approximately 120 m away. The journey from Tokyo via the Hokuriku Shinkansen takes 1 hour 48 minutes. Only ''

Hakutaka The is a high-speed ''shinkansen'' train service jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and West Japan Railway Company (JR West) between and on the Hokuriku Shinkansen line in Japan. The shinkansen service was introduced o ...

'' semi-fast Tokyo-to-Kanazawa services stop at Jōetsumyōkō on the Hokuriku Shinkansen.JR Timetable, February 2015

Station layout

The new station consists of two elevated

island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...

s serving four tracks on the Hokuriku Shinkansen, with a ground-level island platform serving two tracks for the Myōkō Haneuma Line. The station has a "

Midori no Madoguchi , which stands for ''Multi Access (originally Magnetic-electronic Automatic) seat Reservation System'', is a train ticket reservation system used by the railway companies of former Japanese National Railways, currently Japan Railways Group (JR Grou ...

" staffed ticket office and also a "View Plaza" travel agent.

Platforms

File:Jyouetsumyoukou-kaisatsu.jpg, The ticket barriers leading to the Shinkansen platforms File:Jyoetsumyoko-kaisatsu.jpg, The ticket barriers leading to the Haneuma Line platform File:Wakinoda-Station platform 20150104.jpg, The Haneuma Line platform in January 2015 File:Joetsu Myoko sta1.jpg, View from the observation deck

History

Initially provisionally named , the name Jōetsumyōkō Station was formally announced in June 2013. Construction was completed in October 2014. It opened on 14 March 2015, coinciding with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from Nagano.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the Myōkō Hanauma Line portion of the station was used by an average of 934 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). In fiscal 2017, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 2,131 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

The station is located on the southern side of the Takada district of Jōetsu city, about 1.5 km from the border with Myōkō. The area was largely rice paddies with some houses, shops and factories along nearby

Japan National Route 18 is a national highway connecting Takasaki, Gunma and Joetsu, Niigata in Japan. A section of the highway is designated as a part of the Japan Romantic Road. Route data *Length: 193.9 km (120.5 mi) *Origin: Takasaki, Gunma (originate ...

; however, with the opening of the Shinkansen line, the area is rapidly urbanising.

References

External links

JR East station information

Echigo Tokimeki Railway Station information

Timetable for Joetsumyoko Station
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