is a railway station in the town of Aga, Higashikanbara District, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, 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).

Lines

Tsugawa Station is served by the Ban'etsu West Line, and is 137.0 kilometers from the terminus of the line at .

Station layout

The station consists of a ground-level island platform serving two tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a '' Midori no Madoguchi'' staffed ticket office. Tsugawa Station Interior March2020.jpg, Station interior, March 2020 津川駅 - panoramio (8).jpg, Platform Tsugawa waitingroom.JPG, Waiting room on the platform 津川駅 - panoramio (5).jpg,

Banetsu Monogatari The is a locomotive-hauled set of "Joyful Train" railway coaches operated in Japan by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East), normally between and . Operations The ''Banetsu Monogatari'' trainset is normally used on ''SL Banetsu Monogatari' ...

at Tsugawa Station

Platforms

History

The station opened on 1 June 1913. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East. A new station building was completed in September 2009.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 787 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

* Aga Town Hall * Agano River * * * Toyomi Post Office

References

External links

JR East station information
Railway stations in Niigata Prefecture Ban'etsu West Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1913 Aga, Niigata {{Niigata-railstation-stub