Sekiyama Station | |
Native Name: | 関山駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Sekiyama, Myōkō-shi, Niigata-ken |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | Echigo Tokimeki Railway |
Line: | Myōkō Haneuma Line |
Distance: | from |
Platforms: | 1 island platform |
Tracks: | 2 |
Opened: | 15 August 1886 |
Passengers: | 142 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2017 |
Map Type: | Myoko Haneuma Line#Japan |
is a railway station on the Myōkō Haneuma Line in Myōkō, Niigata, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operator Echigo Tokimeki Railway.
Sekiyama Station is served by the 37.7 km Echigo Tokimeki Railway Myōkō Haneuma Line from to, and is located 6.4 kilometers from the starting point of the line at and 43.7 kilometers from .
Sekiyama Station opened on 15 August 1886.[1] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.[1]
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.[2] From that date, Sekiyama Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company Echigo Tokimeki Railway.
In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 142 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]