Echigo-Katakai Station

Echigo-Katakai Station

越後片貝駅
Echigo-Katakai Station in August 2004
General information
Location83 Katakai, Sekikawa-mura, Iwafune-gun, Niigata-ken 959-3226
Japan
Coordinates38°4′14.63″N 139°37′20.43″E / 38.0707306°N 139.6223417°E / 38.0707306; 139.6223417
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Yonesaka Line
Distance73.1 km from Yonezawa
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened30 November 1933; 91 years ago (30 November 1933)
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Echigo-Shimoseki
towards Sakamachi
Yonesaka Line Echigo-Kanamaru
towards Yonezawa
Location
Echigo-Katakai Station is located in Japan
Echigo-Katakai Station
Echigo-Katakai Station
Location within Japan

Echigo-Katakai Station (越後片貝駅, Echigo-Katakai-eki) is a railway station in the village of Sekikawa, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Echigo-Katakai Station is served by the Yonesaka Line, and is located 73.1 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Yonezawa Station.

Station layout

The station has one ground-level side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended, but the station building also serves as a local public assembly hall.

History

Echigo-Katakai Station opened on 30 November 1933. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987.

Surrounding area

See also