Nō Station Explained

Nō Station
Native Name:能生駅
Native Name Lang:ja
Address:2538 Shirabyoshi, Nō, Itoigawa City, Niigata Prefecture
Country:Japan
Distance: from
Platforms:2 island platforms
Tracks:2
Structure:Elevated
Passengers:241 daily
Pass Year:FY2021
Map Type:Japan Niigata Prefecture#Japan Kanto Chubu Kansai#Japan

is a railway station in the city of Itoigawa, Niigata, Japan, operated by Echigo Tokimeki Railway.

Lines

Nō Station is served by the Nihonkai Hisui Line, and is 33.4 kilometers from the starting point of the line at and 327.9 kilometers from Maibara Station.

Station layout

The station consists of two island platforms on an embankment, level with the second story of a two-story station building.

Platforms

History

The station opened on 16 December 1912, as part of the Japanese Government Railways (JGR, JNR after 1949). It was relocated to its present location of 1 October 1961.

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.[1] From this date, Nō 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 331 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

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Notes and References

  1. 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.
  2. 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 2017). 2018. Echigo Tokimeki Railway Company. Japan. ja. 14 September 2018.