Bunsui Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 分水駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Bunsui Sakuramachi, Tsubame-shi, Niigata-ken 959-0130 |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Echigo Line |
Distance: | 41.5 km from |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Tracks: | 2 |
Status: | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) |
Opened: | 28 December 1912 |
Former: | Jizodo Station (to 1983) |
Passengers: | 496 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2017 |
Map Type: | JR Echigo Line#Japan |
is a railway station in the city of Tsubame, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Bunsui Station is served by the Echigo Line, and is 41.5 kilometers from terminus of the line at .
The station consists of two ground-level side platforms serving two tracks. However, one of the platforms is not normally used. The platforms are connected by an underground passageway.
The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. Suica farecard cannot be used at this station.[1]
The station opened on 28 December 1912 as . It was renamed to its present name on 1 April 1983. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East. A new station building was completed March 2000.
In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 496 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]