Tsubame Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 燕駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | 2 Tsubame Honcho, Tsubame-shi, Niigata-ken 959-128 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 37.6683°N 138.9289°W |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Yahiko Line |
Distance: | 10.3 km from |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Tracks: | 2 |
Status: | Unmanned station (Automatic ticket vending machine installation) |
Passengers: | 1,040 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2015 |
Map Type: | JR Yahiko Line#Japan |
is a railway station located in Tsubame, Niigata, Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Tsubame Station is served by the Yahiko Line, and is 10.3 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Yahiko Station.
The station consists of two opposed ground-level side platforms serving two tracks. connected by a footbridge.
The station is unmanned, but there is an automatic ticket vending machine. Suica farecards can be used at this station.[1]
Tsubame Station opened on 20 April 1922. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.
In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 1,040 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]