Toyosaka Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 豊栄駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | 1 Hakushin-cho, Kita-ku, Niigata-shi, Niigata-ken 950-3325 |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Hakushin Line |
Distance: | 15.0 km from |
Platforms: | 1 side + 1 island platform |
Tracks: | 3 |
Status: | Staffed ("Midori no Madoguchi") |
Opened: | 23 December 1952 |
Former: | Kuzutsuka (until 1976) |
Passengers: | 3,681 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2017 |
Map Type: | JR Hakushin Line#Japan |
is a railway station on the Hakushin Line in Kita-ku, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[1]
Toyosaka Station is served by the Hakushin Line between and, and is 15.0 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Niigata Station.
The station consists of a side platform (1) and an island platform (2/3) serving three tracks, with the station situated above the tracks. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.
Platform 3 is predominantly used for local Hakushin Line services terminating at this station.
The station opened on 23 December 1952 as, forming the terminus of Hakushin Line from . It was renamed Toyosaka Station on 1 April 1976. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.
From 22 March 1997, some limited express Inaho services began stopping at Toyosaka. A new station building opened on 25 March 2006.
In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 3,681 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]
Fiscal year | Daily average | |
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2000 | 3,285[3] | |
2005 | 3,157[4] | |
2010 | 3,581[5] | |
2013 | 3,761[6] |