:Tōkamachi Station
{{More citations needed|date=February 2024}}{{short description|Railway station in Tōkamachi, Niigata Prefecture, Japan}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Tōkamachi Station
| native_name = 十日町駅
| native_name_lang = ja
| type =
| image = Tokamachi-Station-Hokuetsu-Express.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Tōkamachi Station for Hokuetsu Express
| other_name =
| address = Ushi, Tōkamachi-shi, Niigata-ken 948-0079
| country = Japan
| coordinates = {{coord|37|8|5.53|N|138|45|24.06|E|type:railwaystation_region:JP-15|display=inline, title}}
| operator = {{Plainlist|
}}
| line = {{Plainlist|
- {{colorbull| yellowgreen}}Iiyama Line
- {{colorbull|MediumVioletRed}} Hokuhoku Line
}}
| platforms = 1 side + 2 island platforms
| connections =
| structure =
| code =
| status = Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
| opened = {{start date and age|1927|11|15|df=y}}
| closed =
| former =
| passengers = 505 daily (JR)
| pass_year = FY2017
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=JR East|line=Iiyama|left=Doichi|right=Uonuma-Nakajō
|system2=Hokuhoku|line4=Hokuhoku|left4=Matsudai|right4=Shinza|note-mid4=Local{{Cite web |title=Timetable｜Hokuetsu Express Co., Ltd |url=https://hokuhoku-line.jp/timetable.html |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=hokuhoku-line.jp}}}}
| map_type = Japan
}}
File:Tokamachi Station east entrance.JPG
{{nihongo|Tōkamachi Station|十日町駅|Tōkamachi-eki}} is a railway station located in the city of Tōkamachi, Niigata, operated jointly by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the third sector Hokuetsu Express.
Lines
Tōkamachi Station is a station on the Iiyama Line, and is located 75.3 kilometers from the starting point of the line at {{STN|Toyono|x}}. It is also a station for the Hokuhoku Line and is located 15.9 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Muikamachi Station.
Station layout
The JR portion of the station has a single side platform and island platforms serving three ground-level tracks connected by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. The Hokuetsu Express portion of the station has a single elevated island platform serving two tracks.
=JR East=
{{ja-rail-line|pfn=1|first=2|name =Iiyama Line|linecol=yellowgreen|dir=for {{STN|Togari-Nozawaonsen|x}}, {{STN|Iiyama |x}}, and {{STN|Nagano|x}}}}
{{ja-rail-line|pfn=2|nidx=Iiyama Line|linecol=yellowgreen|dir=for Togari-Nozawaonsen, Iiyama and Nagano
for {{STN|Echigo-Kawaguchi|x}} and {{STN|Nagaoka|x}}}}
{{ja-rail-line|pfn=3|first=3|nidx=Iiyama Line|linecol=yellowgreen|dir=for Echigo-Kawaguchi and Nagaoka}}
=Hokuetsu Express=
{{ja-rail-line|pfn=11|first=2|name=Hokuhoku Line|linecol=MediumVioletRed|dir=for {{STN|Saigata|x}} and {{STN|Naoetsu|x}}}}
{{ja-rail-line|pfn=12|first=3|nidx=Hokuhoku Line|linecol=MediumVioletRed|dir=for {{STN|Muikamachi|x}} and {{STN|Echigo-Yuzawa|x}}}}
History
Tōkamachi Station opened on 15 November 1927. Following the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.
The Hokuhoku Line station opened on 22 March 1997, coinciding with the opening of the Hokuhoku Line.{{Cite web |last=Kusamichi |first=Yoshikazu |date=3 March 2017 |title=北越急行ほくほく線、開業20周年で記念カード配布 3月22日 |url=https://response.jp/article/2017/03/03/291575.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116055910/https://response.jp/article/2017/03/03/291575.html |archive-date=16 November 2020 |access-date=8 February 2024 |website=Response Automotive Media |language=ja}}{{Cite web |title=会社概要 |trans-title=Company History |url=https://www.hokuhoku.co.jp/company.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118072105/https://www.hokuhoku.co.jp/company.html |archive-date=18 January 2024 |access-date=8 February 2024 |website=hokuhoku.co.jp |language=ja}}
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 505 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).{{cite web |url= http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2017_07.html|script-title=ja: 各駅の乗車人員 (2017年度)|trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2017)|year= 2018|publisher= East Japan Railway Company|location= Japan|language= Japanese|archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate= 11 September 2018}}
Surrounding area
- {{jct|country=JPN|Route|117}}
- Tōkamachi City Hospital
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{Commons category|Tokamachi Station}}
- [http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=1048 JR East Tōkamachi Station]
- [http://www.hokuhoku.co.jp/ekisya.html#5 Hokuetsu Express Tōkamachi Station]
{{Iiyama Line}}
{{Hokuetsu Express Hokuhoku Line}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tokamachi Station}}
Category:Railway stations in Niigata Prefecture
Category:Stations of Hokuetsu Express