Niigata Station

Niigata Station

新潟駅
View of the station from the Bandai exit in June 2015
General information
Location1 Hanazono, Chūō-ku, Niigata-shi
Niigata-ken 950-0086
Japan
Coordinates37°54′43.3″N 139°3′42.8″E / 37.912028°N 139.061889°E / 37.912028; 139.061889
Operated byLogo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East
Line(s)
Platforms2 side + 4 island platforms
Tracks4 Shinkansen
5 Conventional lines
ConnectionsBus interchange Bus terminal
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Other information
StatusStaffed ("Midori no Madoguchi" )
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened3 May 1904; 120 years ago (1904-05-03)
Passengers
FY201737,461 daily
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Tsubame-Sanjō
towards Tokyo
Jōetsu Shinkansen Terminus
Niitsu
towards Naoetsu
Shirayuki
Kameda
towards Naoetsu
Shin'etsu Main Line
Rapid
Echigo-Ishiyama
towards Naoetsu
Shin'etsu Main Line
Local
Terminus Inaho Toyosaka
towards Akita
Hakushin Line Higashi-Niigata
towards Shibata
Hakusan
towards Kashiwazaki
Echigo Line Terminus
Location
Niigata Station is located in JR Shinetsu Main Line
Niigata Station
Niigata Station
Location within JR Shinetsu Main Line
Niigata Station is located in JR Hakushin Line
Niigata Station
Niigata Station
Niigata Station (JR Hakushin Line)
Niigata Station is located in JR Echigo Line
Niigata Station
Niigata Station
Niigata Station (JR Echigo Line)
Niigata Station is located in BRT Bandai-bashi Line
Niigata Station
Niigata Station
Niigata Station (BRT Bandai-bashi Line)
Niigata Station is located in Niigata Prefecture
Niigata Station
Niigata Station
Niigata Station (Niigata Prefecture)
Niigata Station is located in Japan
Niigata Station
Niigata Station
Niigata Station (Japan)

Niigata Station (新潟駅, Niigata-eki) is a major railway station in Chūō-ku, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[1] The station is in the center of Niigata city, the largest city on the Sea of Japan coast in Honshu. It forms the central station for the railway infrastructure along the Sea of Japan coast, and is also the terminus of the Jōetsu Shinkansen high-speed line from Tokyo.

  1. ^ 各駅情報(新潟駅) [Station Information: Niigata Station] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 10 September 2012.