is a railway station in the city of
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, jointly operated by
East Japan Railway Company
The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are ...
(JR East) 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 ...
.
Lines
Naoetsu Station is served by the JR East
Shinetsu Main Line
The Shinetsu Main Line ( ja, 信越本線, ) is a railway line, consisting of three geographically separated sections, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Japan. It was originally one continuous line connecting and via . S ...
, and is a
terminus
Terminus may refer to:
* Bus terminus, a bus station serving as an end destination
* Terminal train station or terminus, a railway station serving as an end destination
Geography
*Terminus, the unofficial original name of Atlanta, Georgia, United ...
for the line, whose tracks are shared by the
Hokuetsu Express
The is a Japanese railway line in Niigata Prefecture that runs from Muikamachi in Minamiuonuma City to Saigata in Jōetsu City. It is the sole railway line operated by . Construction of the line first began in 1968 by the Japanese National ...
Hokuhoku Line
The is a Japanese railway line in Niigata Prefecture that runs from Muikamachi in Minamiuonuma City to Saigata in Jōetsu City. It is the sole railway line operated by . Construction of the line first began in 1968 by the Japanese National ...
. The station also is served by the
Echigo Tokimeki Railway Myōkō Haneuma Line
The (ETR) is a Japanese Public-Private_Partnerships_In_Japan, 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 with ...
and is located 37.7 kilometers from the starting point of the line at and 75.0 kilometers from . On the
Nihonkai Hisui 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 ...
, it is located 59.3 kilometers from the starting point of the line at and 353.8 kilometers from .
Station layout
The station has three
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 with an elevated station building. 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.
Platforms
History
![旧直江津駅舎](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/%E6%97%A7%E7%9B%B4%E6%B1%9F%E6%B4%A5%E9%A7%85%E8%88%8E.jpg)
Naoetsu Station opened on 15 August 1886.
With the
privatization
Privatization (also privatisation in British English) can mean several different things, most commonly referring to moving something from the public sector into the private sector. It is also sometimes used as a synonym for deregulation when ...
of
JNR
The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987.
Network Railways
As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pref ...
on 1 April 1987, the station came under the joint control of JR East and JR West.
From 14 March 2015, with the opening of the
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 ...
extension from to , 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.
From this date, Naoetsu Station became a boundary station between the Myōkō Haneuma Line (former JR East Shinetsu Main Line) and the Nihonkai Hisui Line (former JR West Hokuriku Main Line) of the Niigata-owned
Echigo Tokimeki Railway Company.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2017, the Myōkō Haneuma Line portion of the station was used by an average of 1,516 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
In fiscal 2017, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 2,203 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
Surrounding area
![Naoetsu_Sta_Hotels_April2020](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Naoetsu_Sta_Hotels_April2020.jpg)
**
Sado Steam Ship
is a marine transportation company based in Sado, Niigata, Japan, founded as Sado Shosen on February 3, 1913. And, in 1932, this company was established by merging three ferry companies that Sado Shosen, Etsusa Shosen and Niigata Kisen into Sa ...
Ferry Terminal
References
External links
Naoetsu Station (ETR Official Website))
Naoetsu Station (JR East Official Website)
{{Hokuetsu Express Hokuhoku Line
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1986
Railway stations in Niigata Prefecture
Shin'etsu Main Line
Stations of East Japan Railway Company
Stations of Hokuetsu Express
Stations of Echigo Tokimeki Railway
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1886
Jōetsu, Niigata