Myōkō-Kōgen Station
Myōkō-Kōgen Station 妙高高原駅 | |
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 Myōkō-Kōgen Station in June 2015 | |
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Myōkō, Niigata Japan |
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| History | |
| Opened | 1888 |
| Previous names | Taguchi (until 1969) |
Myōkō-Kōgen Station (妙高高原駅 Myōkō-Kōgen-eki) is a railway station forming a link between the Echigo Tokimeki Railway Myōkō Haneuma Line and Shinano Railway Kita-Shinano Line in Myōkō, Niigata, Japan. It is jointly operated by the third-sector railway operators Shinano Railway and Echigo Tokimeki Railway.
Lines
Myōkō-Kōgen forms the boundary station between the 37.3 km Shinano Railway Kita-Shinano Line from Nagano and the 37.7 km Echigo Tokimeki Railway Myōkō Haneuma Line to Naoetsu. No through-running services operate, but a cross-platform transfer is provided, with Shinano Railway trains normally using platform 2 and Echigo Tokimeki Railway trains normally using platform 3.[1]
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A Shinano Railway 115 series train at platform 2, June 2015
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ETR and Shinano Railway trains at platforms 3 and 2, June 2015
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
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| Shinano Railway Kita-Shinano Line | ||||
| Kurohime | Local | Terminus | ||
| Echigo Tokimeki Railway Myōkō Haneuma Line | ||||
| Terminus | Local | Sekiyama | ||
History
The station opened on 1 May 1888, named Taguchi Station (田口駅).[2] It was renamed Myōkō-Kōgen Station on 1 October 1969.[2] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.[2]
From 14 March 2015, with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from Nagano to Kanazawa, local passenger operations over sections of the Shinetsu Main Line running roughly parallel to the new shinkansen line will be reassigned to different third-sector railway operating companies.[1] From this date, Myōkō-Kōgen Station became a boundary station between the Shinano Railway Kita-Shinano Line of Nagano Prefecture to the south and the Echigo Tokimeki Railway Myōkō Haneuma Line of Niigata Prefecture to the north.[1]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 Osano, Kagetoshi (March 2015). 北陸新幹線並行在来線各社の姿 [Guide to companies operating conventional lines alongside the Hokuriku Shinkansen]. Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 44 no. 371 (Japan: Kōtsū Shimbun). pp. 28–33.
- 1 2 3 Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] II. Japan: JTB. p. 580. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
External links
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- Shinano Railway station information (Japanese)
- Echigo Tokimeki Railway station information (Japanese)
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Coordinates: 36°52′19″N 138°12′44″E / 36.8720°N 138.2121°E