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Niigata Station
Railway station in Niigata, Japan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the station in Niigata, Japan. For the railway station in Kure, Hiroshima, Japan, see Nigata Station.
Niigata Station (新潟駅, Niigata-eki) is a major railway station in Chūō-ku, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[1] The station is in the center of Niigata city, the largest city on the Sea of Japan coast in Honshu. It forms the central station for the railway infrastructure along the Sea of Japan coast, and is also the terminus of the Jōetsu Shinkansen high-speed line from Tokyo.
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Niigata Station 新潟駅 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | 1 Hanazono, Chūō-ku, Niigata-shi Niigata-ken 950-0086 Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 37°54′43.3″N 139°3′42.8″E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Platforms | 2 side + 4 island platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 Shinkansen 5 Conventional lines | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Status | Staffed ("Midori no Madoguchi" ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 3 May 1904; 120 years ago (1904-05-03) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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FY2017 | 37,461 daily | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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