Nihongi Station

Nihongi Station (二本木駅, Nihongi-eki) is a railway station on the Echigo Tokimeki Railway Myōkō Haneuma Line in the city of Jōetsu, Niigata, Japan, operated by the third-sector operator Echigo Tokimeki Railway. It is also a freight terminal for the Japan Freight Railway Company.

Nihongi Station 二本木駅
Nihongi Station in April 2019
General information
Location	552 Itabashi, Nakasato-ku, Jōetsu-shi, Niigata-ken 949-2301 Japan
Coordinates	36°59′22″N 138°13′57″E
Operated by	Echigo Tokimeki Railway JR Freight
Line(s)	■ Myoko Haneuma Line
Distance	14.7 km from Myōkō-Kōgen
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Status	staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1 May 1911
Passengers
FY2017	140 daily
Location Nihongi Station Location within Myoko Haneuma Line Show map of Myoko Haneuma Line Nihongi Station Nihongi Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Nihongi Station is served by the 37.7 km Echigo Tokimeki Railway Myōkō Haneuma Line from Myōkō-Kōgen to Naoetsu, and is located 14.7 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Myōkō-Kōgen and 52.0 kilometers from Nagano.

Station layout

The station has one island platform, connected to the station building by an underground passage. This station has a zig zag.

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  The platform in January 2010
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  The platform in April 2019
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  Station interior, April 2019

Platforms

1	■ Myōkō Haneuma Line	for Myōkō-Kōgen
2	■ Myōkō Haneuma Line	for Naoetsu

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Myōkō Haneuma Line
Sekiyama		Local	Arai

History

The station opened on 1 May 1911. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (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 Nagano to Kanazawa, 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.^[1] 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).^[2]

Surrounding area

• Former Nakago village hall
• Nakago Elementary School
• Nakago Junior High School
• Nakago Post Office

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. Osano, Kagetoshi (March 2015). 　北陸新幹線並行在来線各社の姿 [Guide to companies operating conventional lines alongside the Hokuriku Shinkansen]. Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 44, no. 371. Japan: Kōtsū Shimbun. pp. 28–33.
2. 平成29年度の乗車状況（平成29年4月1日～平成30年3月31日）［各駅の１日平均乗車人員 [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2016)] (in Japanese). Japan: Echigo Tokimeki Railway Company. 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2018.

External links

• Echigo Tokimeki Railway Station information (in Japanese)
• Timetable for Nihongi Station (in Japanese)