Kita-Nagaoka Station

Preceding station	JR East			Following station
Nagaoka towards Naoetsu		Shin'etsu Main Line Local		Oshikiri towards Niigata

Location
Kita-Nagaoka Station Location within JR Shinetsu Main Line Show map of JR Shinetsu Main Line Kita-Nagaoka Station Kita-Nagaoka Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Kita-Nagaoka Station (北長岡駅, Kita-Nagaoka-eki) is a railway station on the Shinetsu Main Line in the city of Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Kita-Nagaoka Station is served by the Shinetsu Main Line and is 75.5 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Naoetsu Station.

Station layout

The station consists of one ground-level island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge, serving two tracks, located adjacent to the elevated Joetsu Shinkansen tracks. The station is unattended.

Platforms

History

The station opened on 1 November 1915 as Jōoka Station (城岡駅). It was renamed Kita-Nagaoka on 20 June 1951. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East. A new station building was completed in July 2014.^{[citation needed]}

Surrounding area

• National Route 352

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

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