Ojiya Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 小千谷駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | 1 Toei, Ojiya-shi, Niigata-ken 947-0004 |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Jōetsu Line |
Distance: | 149.4 km from |
Platforms: | 1 side + 1 island platforms |
Tracks: | 3 |
Status: | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) |
Former: | Higashi-Ojiya (until 1932) |
Passengers: | 1282 |
Pass Year: | FY2017 |
Map Type: | Japan |
is a railway station on the Jōetsu Line in the city of Ojiya, Niigata, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Ojiya Station is served by the Jōetsu Line, and is located 149.4 kilometers from the starting point of the line at .
The station has one ground-level side platform and one island platform connected by a footbridge; however, one side of the island platform is not in use. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
The station opened on 1 November 1920, originally named to distinguish it from the existing Ojiya Station on the Uonuma Railway.[1] It was renamed simply Ojiya Station on 1 August 1932 after the Uonuma Railway station was renamed in July 1932.[1] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.[1]
In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 1282 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]