Koide Station
Railway station in Uonuma, Niigata Prefecture, Japan
Koide Station (小出駅, Koide-eki) is a railway station in Uonuma, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
01Lines
Koide Station is served by the Jōetsu Line, and is 132.2 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Takasaki. It is also the terminus of the Tadami Line, which is 135.2 kilometers from the opposite terminus at Aizu-Wakamatsu.
02Station layout
The station consists of one side platform and two island platforms serving five tracks. The platforms are connected by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Platforms
| 1 | ■ Jōetsu Line | for Nagaoka and Niigata |
| 2 | ■ Jōetsu Line | (siding) |
| 3 | ■ Jōetsu Line | for Urasa, Echigo-Yuzawa and Minakami |
| 4 | ■ Tadami Line | for Ōshirakawa, Tadami and Aizu-Wakamatsu |
| 5 | ■ Tadami Line | for Ōshirakawa, Tadami and Aizu-Wakamatsu |
03History
The station opened on 1 September 1923 as an intermediate station on the Jōetsu Line. It became the western terminus of the western section of the Tadami Line extending to Oshirakawa, in 1942, and the western terminus of the completed line in 1971.
Following the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.
04Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 940 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
05Surrounding area
- former Koide town hall
- Koide Post Office
- Koide High School
- Koide Middle School
- Koide Elementary School
- Japan National Route 17
- Japan National Route 352
Sources and credits
This article is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Koide Station”, written by its contributors and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Fathomly has changed the layout, removed citation markers, navigation and maintenance notices, and adjusted punctuation. This adapted version is shared under the same license. For references, see the original article.
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- Koide-station renewal.jpg by D-s-yama, CC BY-SA 3.0
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