Kita-Arai Station

Railway station in Myōkō, Niigata Prefecture, Japan

37°03′10″N 138°15′27″E / 37.0529°N 138.2575°E / 37.0529; 138.2575Elevation33.6 m (110 ft)^[1]Operated by

Echigo Tokimeki RailwayLine(s)■ Myōkō Haneuma LineDistance23.9 km from Myōkō-KōgenPlatforms1 side platformTracks1Other informationStatusUnstaffedWebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpened15 July 1955PassengersFY2017256 daily

Location
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Kita-Arai Station (北新井駅, Kita-Arai-eki) is a railway station on the Myōkō Haneuma Line in the city of Myōkō, Niigata, Japan, operated by the third-sector operator Echigo Tokimeki Railway.

Lines

Kita-Arai Station is served by the Myōkō Haneuma Line, and is located 23.9 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Myōkō-Kōgen and 61.2 kilometers from Nagano.

Station layout

The station has a single ground-level side platform serving a bi-directional track. The station is unattended.

Adjacent stations

«	Service	»
Myōkō Haneuma Line
Shirayuki: Does not stop at this station
Arai	Local	Jōetsumyōkō

History

Kita-Arai Station was opened on 15 July 1955.^[2] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.^[2]

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.^[3] From this date, Kita-Arai 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 256 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[4]

Surrounding area

National Route 292

References

^ Japan Railfan Club Niigata Branch, ed. (30 June 2015). 新潟県鉄道全駅増補改訂版 [The databook of all railroad stations in Niigata (Revised edition)] (in Japanese). Japan: Niigata Nippo Jigyousha Corp. p. 237. ISBN 978-4-86132-606-6.
^ ^a ^b Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 581. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ 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.