Yairo Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 八色駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Goka, Minamiuonuma-shi, Niigata-ken 949-7301 |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Jōetsu Line |
Distance: | 127.0 km from |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Tracks: | 2 |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Map Type: | Japan |
is a railway station in the city of Minamiuonuma, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Yairo Station is served by the Jōetsu Line, and is 127.0 kilometers from terminus of the line at .
The station consists of two ground-level opposed unnumbered side platforms serving two tracks, connected by a level crossing. There is no station building, but only a weather shelter on each platform. The station is unattended.
The station opened on 1 January 1965. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.