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Echigo-Horinouchi Station (越後堀之内駅, Echigo-Horinouchi-eki) is a railway station on the Jōetsu Line in Uonuma, Niigata, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

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Echigo-Horinouchi Station 越後堀之内駅
Echigo-Horinouchi Station, September 2004
General information
Location	3860 Horinouchi, Uonuma-shi, Niigata-ken Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■Jōetsu Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
History
Opened	1922; 100 years ago (1922)
Passengers
FY2015	433 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Koide towards Takasaki Jōetsu Line Kita-Horinouchi towards Nagaoka
Location
Echigo-Horinouchi Station Location within Japan

Lines

Echigo-Horinouchi Station is a station on the Jōetsu Line, and is located 134.7 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Takasaki.

Station layout

The station has two opposed ground-level side platforms serving three tracks, connected by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1	■ Jōetsu Line	for Koide, Echigo-Yuzawa
2	■ Jōetsu Line	for Nagaoka

History

Echigo-Horinouchi Station opened on 1 August 1922. Upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, it came under the control of JR East.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 433 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area

• former Horinouchi town hall
• Japan National Route 17
• Horinouchi Post Office
• Horinouchi Elementary School
• Horinouchi Middle School

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

External links

• Echigo-Horinouchi Station information (JR East) (in Japanese)

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