is a railway station in the city of

Sanjō, Niigata is a Cities of Japan, city located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 95,706 in 36,201 households, and a population density of 222 persons per km². The total area of the city was . Geography Sanjō is locat ...

, Japan, operated by

East Japan Railway Company The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and 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 in ...

(JR East).

Lines

Higashi-Sanjō Station is served by the

Shinetsu Main Line The 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 . Since the opening and later extension of ...

, and is 96.2 kilometers from the terminus of the line at

Naoetsu Station is a railway station in the city of Joetsu, Niigata, Jōetsu, Niigata, Japan, jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the Public–private partnership#Japan, third-sector railway operator Echigo Tokimeki Railway. Lines Naoe ...

. It is also a terminus of the

Yahiko Line The is a Japanese railway line operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) which connects Yahiko Station in the village of Yahiko and Higashi-Sanjō Station in the city of Sanjo, both in Niigata Prefecture is a Prefectures of Jap ...

, and is 17.4 kilometers from the opposing terminus of the line at

Yahiko Station is a railway station on the Yahiko Line in the village of Yahiko, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Lines Yahiko Station is the terminal station, terminus of the Yahiko Line, and is 17.4 kilometers from opposing t ...

Station layout

The station consists of one ground-level

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, ...

, which has a partial cut-out, and a single

island platform An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway inte ...

connected by a footbridge, serving four tracks. The station has a ''

Midori no Madoguchi , short for ''Magnetic-electronic Automatic'' ''Reservation System,'' is a train ticket reservation system used by the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and travel agencies in Japan. It was developed jointly by Hitachi and the former Ja ...

'' staffed ticket office.

Platforms

History

The station opened on 20 November 1897 as . It was renamed Higashi-Sanjō on 15 August 1926. With the privatization of

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 pre ...

(JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 2733 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

* Sanjō City Hall

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Higashi-Sanjo Station Railway stations in Niigata Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1897 Stations of East Japan Railway Company Yahiko Line Shin'etsu Main Line Sanjō, Niigata