Higashi-Kashiwazaki Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 東柏崎駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | 8-12 Okura-chō, Kashiwazaki-shi, Niigata-ken 945-0076 |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | East Japan Railway Company |
Line: | Echigo Line |
Distance: | 1.6 km from |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Status: | unstaffed |
Opened: | 11 November 1912 |
Former: | Hisumi Statiuon (to October 1969) |
Passengers: | 120 daily[1] |
Pass Year: | FY2010 |
Map Type: | JR Echigo Line#Japan |
is a railway station in the city of Kashiwazaki, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Higashi-Kashiwazaki Station is served by the Echigo Line and is 1.6 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kashiwazaki Station.
The station consists of a two opposed ground-level side platforms connected by a footbridge; however, only one platform is in use, and serves one bi-directional track.
The station is unattended. Suica farecard cannot be used at this station.[2]
Higashi-Kashiwazaki Station opened on 11 November 1912 as . It was renamed to its present name on 1 October 1969. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.