Tōkamachi Station | |
Native Name: | 十日町駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Ushi, Tōkamachi-shi, Niigata-ken 948-0079 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 37.1349°N 138.7567°W |
Platforms: | 1 side + 2 island platforms |
Status: | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) |
Passengers: | 505 daily (JR) |
Pass Year: | FY2017 |
Map Type: | Japan |
is a railway station located in the city of Tōkamachi, Niigata, operated jointly by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the third sector Hokuetsu Express.
Tōkamachi Station is a station on the Iiyama Line, and is located 75.3 kilometers from the starting point of the line at . It is also a station for the Hokuhoku Line and is located 15.9 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Muikamachi Station.
The JR portion of the station has a single side platform and island platforms serving three ground-level tracks connected by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. The Hokuetsu Express portion of the station has a single elevated island platform serving two tracks.
Tōkamachi Station opened on 15 November 1927. Following the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.
The Hokuhoku Line station opened on 22 March 1997, coinciding with the opening of the Hokuhoku Line.[1] [2]
In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 505 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]