Kita-Arai Station Explained

Kita-Arai Station
Native Name:北新井駅
Native Name Lang:ja
Address:Yanaida-chō, Myōkō-shi, Niigata-ken 944-0008
Country:Japan
Elevation:33.6m (110.2feet)[1]
Operator: Echigo Tokimeki Railway
Line: Myōkō Haneuma Line
Distance:23.9 km from
Platforms:1 side platform
Tracks:1
Status:Unstaffed
Opened:15 July 1955
Passengers:256 daily
Pass Year:FY2017
Map Type:Myoko Haneuma Line#Japan

is a railway station on the Myōkō Haneuma Line in the city of Myōkō, Niigata, Japan, operated by the third-sector operator Echigo Tokimeki Railway.

Lines

Kita-Arai Station is served by the Myōkō Haneuma Line, and is located 23.9 kilometers from the starting point of the line at and 61.2 kilometers from .

Station layout

The station has a single ground-level side platform serving a bi-directional track. The station is unattended.

History

Kita-Arai Station was opened on 15 July 1955.[2] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.[2]

From 14 March 2015, with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from to, 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.[3] From this date, Kita-Arai Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company Echigo Tokimeki Railway.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 256 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Japan Railfan Club Niigata Branch . ja: 新潟県鉄道全駅 増補改訂版 . The databook of all railroad stations in Niigata (Revised edition) . Niigata Nippo Jigyousha Corp. . 30 June 2015 . Japan . ja . 237. 978-4-86132-606-6.
  2. Book: ja: 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編. Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR. JTB . Ishino. Tetsu. 1998 . Japan . II. 581. 4-533-02980-9.
  3. Osano. Kagetoshi . ja: 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 . 44. 371 . 28–33 . Kōtsū Shimbun . Japan . ja . March 2015.
  4. Web site: https://www.echigo-tokimeki.co.jp/company/conditions/. ja: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). 2017. Echigo Tokimeki Railway Company. Japan. ja. 1 October 2018.