Takada Station (高田駅, Takada-eki) is a railway station in the city of Jōetsu, Niigata, Japan, operated by the third-sector operator Echigo Tokimeki Railway.
Takada Station 高田駅 | |||||
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 Takada Station in October 2019 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | 4 Nakamachi, Jōetsu-shi, Niigata-ken 943-0831 Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 37°06′54″N 138°14′32″E / 37.11500°N 138.24222°E | ||||
| Operated by |  Echigo Tokimeki Railway | ||||
| Line(s) | ■ Myoko Haneuma Line | ||||
| Distance | 31.0 kilometres (19.3 mi) from Myōkō-Kōgen | ||||
| Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platforms | ||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Staffed | ||||
| Website | Official website | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 15 August 1886 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| FY2017 | 2,342 daily | ||||
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Lines
editTakada Station is served by the 37.7 km Echigo Tokimeki Railway Myōkō Haneuma Line from Myōkō-Kōgen to Naoetsu, and is located 31.0 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Myōkō-Kōgen and 68.3 kilometers from Nagano.
Station layout
editThe station has one side platform and one island platform connected by a footbridge.
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ Myōkō Haneuma Line | for Myōkō-Kōgen, Arai and Niigata |
| 2 | ■ Myōkō Haneuma Line | for Naoetsu |
| 3 | ■ Myōkō Haneuma Line | (not used) |
Adjacent stations
edit| « | Service | » | ||
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| Myōkō Haneuma Line | ||||
| Jōetsumyōkō | Shirayuki | Naoetsu | ||
| Minami-Takada | Local | Kasugayama | ||
History
editTakada Station opened on 15 August 1886. 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, Takada Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company Echigo Tokimeki Railway.
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 2,342 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]
Surrounding area
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Osano, Kagetoshi (March 2015). 北陸新幹線並行在来線各社の姿 [Guide to companies operating conventional lines alongside the Hokuriku Shinkansen]. Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 44, no. 371. Japan: Kōtsū Shimbun. pp. 28–33.
- ^ 平成29年度の乗車状況（平成29年4月1日～平成30年3月31日）［各駅の１日平均乗車人員 [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2016)] (in Japanese). Japan: Echigo Tokimeki Railway Company. 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
External links
editMedia related to Takada Station (Niigata) at Wikimedia Commons
- Echigo Tokimeki Railway Station information (in Japanese)
- Timetable for Takada Station (in Japanese)