Maki Station (Niigata)

{{Infobox station

| name = Maki Station

| style = JR East

| native_name = 巻駅

| native_name_lang = ja

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| image = MakiSta_March2020.jpg

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| caption = The west side of Maki Station in March 2020

| address = Makikō, Nishikan-ku, Niigata-shi, Niigata-ken 953-0041

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| country = Japan

| coordinates = {{Coord|37.7569|N|138.8894|E|type:railwaystation_region:JP|display=inline, title}}

| owned =

| operator = 20px JR East

| line = {{colorbull|green}} Echigo Line

| distance = 57.8 km from {{STN|Kashiwazaki|x}}

| platforms = 2 side platforms

| tracks = 2

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|status = Staffed ("Midori no Madoguchi" )

| website = {{Official|1=http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=1421}}

| opened = 25 August 1912

| closed =

| passengers = 2,394 daily

| pass_year = FY2017

| map_type = JR Echigo Line#Japan

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=JR East|line4=Echigo|left4=Iwamuro|right4=Echigo-Sone}}

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{{Nihongo|Maki Station|巻駅|Maki-eki}} is a railway station in Nishikan-ku, Niigata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Maki Station is served by the Echigo Line, and is 57.8 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Kashiwazaki Station.

Layout

File:Maki Gate.JPG

The station consists of two ground-level opposed side platforms connected by a footbridge, serving two tracks.

The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office. Suica farecard can be used at this station.{{cite web |url= https://www.jreast.co.jp/suica/area/niigata/map.html|script-title=ja:Suica＞利用可能エリア＞新潟エリア＞拡大図|trans-title= Suica Area in Niigata|publisher= JR East|location= Japan|language= Japanese|archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate= 17 November 2017}}

=Platforms=

{{ja-rail-line|pfn=1|first=2|name=Echigo Line|col=green|dir=for {{STN|Yoshida|x}} and {{STN|Niigata|x}} (bidirectional)}}

{{ja-rail-line|pfn=2|first=3|nidx=Echigo Line|col=green|dir=for {{STN|Yoshida|x}}}}

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 2394 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).{{cite web |url= http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2017_04.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}}