is a railway station on 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 ...

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, operated by the third-sector 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 is also a freight terminal for the

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Lines

Nihongi Station is served by the 37.7 km

from to , and is located 14.7 kilometers from the starting point of the line at and 52.0 kilometers from .

Station layout

The station has one

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, connected to the station building by an underground passage. This station has a

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. Nihongi-Sta-Platform2.JPG, The platform in January 2010 Nihongi_Station_Plat_Form.jpg, The platform in April 2019 ETR_Nihongi_Station_Mujinkago_2019,04.jpg, Station interior, April 2019

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

The station opened on 1 May 1911. With the

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(JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East. 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, Nihongi Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company Echigo Tokimeki Railway.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 140 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

* Former Nagago village hall *Nakago Elementary School *Nakago Junior High School *Nakago Post Office

References

External links

Echigo Tokimeki Railway Station information

Timetable for Nihongi Station
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