Kamo Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 加茂駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | 1-1 Kamoeki-mae, Kamo-shi, Niigata-ken 959-1384 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 37.6589°N 139.049°W |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Shin'etsu Main Line |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Tracks: | 2 |
Status: | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) |
Passengers: | 2,837 (FY2017) |
Map Type: | JR Shin'etsu Main Line#Japan |
is a railway station in the city of Kamo, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Kamo Station is served by the Shin'etsu Main Line and is 103.8 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Naoetsu Station.
The station consists of two ground-level opposed side platforms connected by an underground passageway, serving two tracks. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Kamo Station opened on 20 November 1897. The privately owned Kanbara Railway Company operated a line from Kamo to Gosen from 1930 to 1988. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.
In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 2837 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]