Muikamachi Station (六日町駅, Muikamachi-eki) is a railway station located in the city of Minamiuonuma, Niigata, Japan, operated jointly by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the third sector Hokuetsu Express.
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Location | 140-2 Muikamachi, Minamiuonuma-shi, Niigata-ken 949-6680 Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 37.0668°N 138.8758°E / 37.0668; 138.8758 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Platforms | 1 side + 2 island platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | Official website | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 18 November 1923; 98 years ago (1923-11-18) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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FY2017 | 1794 daily | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() ![]() Muikamachi Station Location within Hokuhoku Line Show map of Hokuhoku Line![]() ![]() Muikamachi Station Muikamachi Station (Japan) Show map of Japan |
Muikamachi Station is a station on the Jōetsu Line, and is located 111.8 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Takasaki. It is also a terminal station for the Hokuhoku Line, although trains continue on to Echigo-Yuzawa via the Joetsu Line.
The station has a single side platform and two island platforms serving five tracks. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
1 | ■ Jōetsu Line | for Echigo-Yuzawa and Minakami |
2 | ■ Jōetsu Line | (siding) |
3 | ■ Jōetsu Line | for Nagaoka and Niigata |
4 | ■ Hokuhoku Line | for Echigo-Yuzawa |
5 | ■ Hokuhoku Line | for Tōkamachi and Naoetsu |
Muikamachi Station opened on 18 November 1923. Upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, it came under the control of JR East.
In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 1794 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Stations of the Hokuetsu Express Hokuhoku Line | |
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