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Wakinoda Station (脇野田駅, Wakinoda-eki) was a railway station on the Shinetsu Main Line in Jōetsu, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It closed in 2014, replaced by the nearby Jōetsumyōkō Station.

Wakinoda Station 脇野田駅
The station building in March 2013
General information
Location	2 Yamato, Jōetsu, Niigata （新潟県上越市大和2丁目） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Shinetsu Main Line
History
Opened	1921
Closed	2014
Passengers
FY2013	139 daily

Lines

Wakinoda Station was served by the Shinetsu Main Line. A new interchange station called Jōetsumyōkō Station was built close by, and this replaced Wakinoda Station when the Hokuriku Shinkansen opened in March 2015.[1]

Station layout

The station had a single ground-level island platform serving two tracks.

Platforms

1	■ Shinetsu Main Line	for Arai and Nagano
2	■ Shinetsu Main Line	for Naoetsu, Nagaoka, and Niigata

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Shinetsu Main Line
Rapid Myōkō: Does not stop at this station
Minami-Takada		Rapid Kubikino		Kita-Arai
Minami-Takada		Local		Kita-Arai

History

Wakinoda Station opened on 15 August 1921.[2] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.[2]

From 19 October 2014, the station building and platforms were closed, and the station functions moved to the nearby structure, and became Jōetsumyōkō Station from 14 March 2015 when the Hokuriku Shinkansen opened for service.[3]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, the station was used by an average of 139 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	Daily average
2000	145[5]
2005	135[6]
2010	119[7]
2011	122[8]
2012	121[9]
2013	139[4]

References

External links

• JR East Wakinoda Station (in Japanese)

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