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, operated by the third-sector operator Echigo Tokimeki Railway.

Lines

Takada Station is served by the 37.7 km

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 ...

from to , and is located 31.0 kilometers from the starting point of the line at and 68.3 kilometers from .

Station layout

The station has one

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms ...

and one

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 ...

connected by a footbridge.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

Takada Station opened on 15 August 1886. With the

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Japanese National Railways 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 ...

(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 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, Takada 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 2,342 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

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Takada Castle ) was an Edo period flatland-style Japanese castle located in what is now the center of the city of Jōetsu, Niigata Prefecture in the Hokuriku region of Honshu, Japan. Under the Tokugawa shogunate, it was the centre of Takada Domain. Backgr ...

References

External links

Echigo Tokimeki Railway Station information

Timetable for Takada Station
{{Myoko Haneuma Line Railway stations in Niigata Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1886 Stations of East Japan Railway Company Jōetsu, Niigata