Kasugayama Station

Railway station in Jōetsu, Niigata Prefecture, Japan

37°08′53″N 138°14′06″E / 37.1481°N 138.2350°E / 37.1481; 138.2350Operated by

Echigo Tokimeki RailwayLine(s)■ Myoko Haneuma LineDistance34.9 km from Myōkō-KōgenPlatforms1 side platformTracks1Other informationStatusStaffedWebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpened26 October 1928PassengersFY2017778 daily

Location
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Kasugayama Station (春日山駅, Kasugayama-eki) is a railway station on the Echigo Tokimeki Railway Myōkō Haneuma Line in the city of Jōetsu, Niigata, Japan operated by the third-sector operator Echigo Tokimeki Railway.

Lines

Kasugayama Station is served by the 37.7 km Echigo Tokimeki Railway Myōkō Haneuma Line from Myōkō-Kōgen to Naoetsu, and is located 34.9 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Myōkō-Kōgen and 72.2 kilometers from Nagano.

Station layout

The station has one side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is attended.^{[by whom?]}

Adjacent stations

«	Service	»
Myōkō Haneuma Line
Shirayuki: Does not stop at this station
Takada	Local	Naoetsu

History

The station opened on 26 October 1928. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

From 14 March 2015, with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from Nagano to Kanazawa, 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.^[1] From this date, Kasugayama Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company Echigo Tokimeki Railway.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 778 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[2]

Surrounding area

Jōetsu City Office
Site of Kasugayama Castle

References

^ Osano, Kagetoshi (March 2015). 　北陸新幹線並行在来線各社の姿 [Guide to companies operating conventional lines alongside the Hokuriku Shinkansen]. Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 44, no. 371. Japan: Kōtsū Shimbun. pp. 28–33.
^ 平成29年度の乗車状況（平成29年4月1日～平成30年3月31日）［各駅の１日平均乗車人員 [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2016)] (in Japanese). Japan: Echigo Tokimeki Railway Company. 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2018.