Echigo-Horinouchi Station

Echigo-Horinouchi Station

越後堀之内駅
Echigo-Horinouchi Station; 越後堀之内駅
	Echigo-Horinouchi Station, September 2004
General information
Location	3860 Horinouchi, Uonuma-shi, Niigata-ken; Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■Jōetsu Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
History
Opened	1922
Passengers
FY2015	433 daily
Services
Location
	Echigo-Horinouchi Station Location within Japan

Echigo-Horinouchi Station (越後堀之内駅, Echigo-Horinouchi-eki) is a railway station on the Jōetsu Line in Uonuma, Niigata, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Echigo-Horinouchi Station is a station on the Jōetsu Line, and is located 134.7 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Takasaki.

Station layout

The station has two opposed ground-level side platforms serving three tracks, connected by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1	■ Jōetsu Line	for Koide, Echigo-Yuzawa
2	■ Jōetsu Line	for Nagaoka

History

Echigo-Horinouchi Station opened on 1 August 1922. Upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, it came under the control of JR East.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 433 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area

former Horinouchi town hall
Japan National Route 17
Horinouchi Post Office
Horinouchi Elementary School
Horinouchi Middle School

References

各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.

External links

Echigo-Horinouchi Station information (JR East) (in Japanese)

37.2394°N 138.9282°E / 37.2394; 138.9282

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[jreast2015stats-1] 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.