Echigo-Sone Station

Coordinates: 37°47′37″N 138°54′39″E / 37.7937°N 138.9109°E / 37.7937; 138.9109
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Echigo-Sone

越後曽根駅
East side of the station, July 2004
General information
LocationKawasaki, Nishikan-ku, Niigata-shi, Niigata-ken 959-0432
Japan
Coordinates37°47′37″N 138°54′39″E / 37.7937°N 138.9109°E / 37.7937; 138.9109
Operated byJR East
Line(s)Echigo Line
Distance62.4 km from Kashiwazaki
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
StatusStaffed ( "Midori no Madoguchi" )
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened25 August 1912
Passengers
FY2017910 daily
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Maki
towards Kashiwazaki
Echigo Line Echigo-Akatsuka
towards Niigata
Location
Echigo-Sone is located in JR Echigo Line
Echigo-Sone
Echigo-Sone
Location within JR Echigo Line
Echigo-Sone is located in Japan
Echigo-Sone
Echigo-Sone
Echigo-Sone (Japan)

Echigo-Sone Station (越後曽根駅, Echigo-Sone-eki) is a train station in Nishikan-ku, Niigata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines[edit]

Echigo-Sone Station is served by the Echigo Line, and is 62.4 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Kashiwazaki Station.

Layout[edit]

Station interior, March 2019

The station consists of two ground-level opposed side platforms connected by a footbridge, serving two tracks.

The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office. Suica farecard can be used at this station.[1]

Platforms[edit]

1  Echigo Line for Yoshida and Niigata (bidirectional)
2  Echigo Line for Yoshida and Niigata (bidirectional)

History[edit]

The station opened on 25 August 1912 as Sone Station (曽根駅). It was renamed to its present name on 20 April 1913. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

Passenger statistics[edit]

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 910 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

Surrounding area[edit]

  • Nishikawa Post Office
  • Sone Elementary School
  • Nishikawa Middle School

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Suica>利用可能エリア>新潟エリア>拡大図 [Suica Area in Niigata] (in Japanese). Japan: JR East. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  2. ^ 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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