Tsugawa Station

Railway station in Aga, Niigata Prefecture, Japan

37°41′17″N 139°26′49″E / 37.6881°N 139.4470°E / 37.6881; 139.4470Operated by JR EastLine(s) Ban'etsu West LineDistance137.0 km from KōriyamaPlatforms1 island platformTracks2Other informationStatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi)WebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpened1 June 1913; 111 years ago (1913-06-01)Passengers175 daily (FY2017) Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Mikawa
towards Niitsu
Ban'etsu West Line
Rapid Agano
Kanose
towards Aizu-Wakamatsu
Ban'etsu West Line
Local
Kanose
towards Kōriyama
Location
Tsugawa Station is located in Japan
Tsugawa Station
Tsugawa Station
Location within Japan

Tsugawa Station (津川駅, Tsugawa-eki) is a railway station in the town of Aga, Higashikanbara District, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Tsugawa Station is served by the Ban'etsu West Line, and is 137.0 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kōriyama.

Station layout

The station consists of a ground-level island platform serving two tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

  • Station interior, March 2020
    Station interior, March 2020
  • Platform
    Platform
  • Waiting room on the platform
    Waiting room on the platform
  • Banetsu Monogatari at Tsugawa Station
    Banetsu Monogatari at Tsugawa Station

Platforms

1  Banetsu West Line for Gosen and Niitsu
2  Banestu West Line for Nozawa, Kitakata and Aizu-Wakamatsu

History

Former building, September 2004

The station opened on 1 June 1913. 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 September 2009.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 787 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2017年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2017)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
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