Echigo-Ishiyama Station (越後石山駅, Echigo-Ishiyama-eki) is a train station in Higashi-ku, Niigata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Echigo-Ishiyama Station is served by the Shin'etsu Main Line, and is 132.2 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Naoetsu Station. The station is staffed.

Layout

The station consists of two ground-level opposed side platforms, serving two tracks. There is an underground passage outside the gate.

  • Station Name plate
    Station Name plate
  • Gate
    Gate
  • East side（September 2015）
    East side（September 2015）

Platforms

1 (West) ■ Shin'etsu Main Line for Niigata
2 (East) ■ Shin'etsu Main Line for Niitsu, Nagaoka

History

The station opened on 1 November 1960. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (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 2,063 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area

  • Ishiyama Middle School
  • Nakanoyama Elementary School

See also

References

  1. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2017年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2017)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.

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