Nihongi Station (二本木駅, Nihongi-eki) is a railway station on the Echigo Tokimeki Railway Myōkō Haneuma Line in the city of Jōetsu, Niigata, Japan, operated by the third-sector operator Echigo Tokimeki Railway. It is also a freight terminal for the Japan Freight Railway Company.

Nihongi Station 二本木駅
Nihongi Station in April 2019
General information
Location	552 Itabashi, Nakasato-ku, Jōetsu-shi, Niigata-ken 949-2301 Japan
Coordinates	36°59′22″N 138°13′57″E
Operated by	Echigo Tokimeki Railway JR Freight
Line(s)	■ Myoko Haneuma Line
Distance	14.7 km from Myōkō-Kōgen
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Status	staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1 May 1911
Passengers
FY2017	140 daily
Location
Nihongi Station Location within Myoko Haneuma Line Show map of Myoko Haneuma Line Nihongi Station Nihongi Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Nihongi Station is served by the 37.7 km Echigo Tokimeki Railway Myōkō Haneuma Line from Myōkō-Kōgen to Naoetsu, and is located 14.7 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Myōkō-Kōgen and 52.0 kilometers from Nagano.

Station layout

The station has one island platform, connected to the station building by an underground passage. This station has a zig zag.

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  The platform in January 2010
• 
  The platform in April 2019
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  Station interior, April 2019

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

The station opened on 1 May 1911. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East. From 14 March 2015, with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from Nagano to Kanazawa, local passenger operations over sections of the Shinetsu Main Line and Hokuriku Main Line running roughly parallel to the new shinkansen line were reassigned to third-sector railway operating companies.[1] From this date, Nihongi Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company Echigo Tokimeki Railway.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 140 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

Surrounding area

• Former Nagago village hall
• Nakago Elementary School
• Nakago Junior High School
• Nakago Post Office

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nihongi Station.

• Echigo Tokimeki Railway Station information (in Japanese)
• Timetable for Nihongi Station (in Japanese)