Toyosaka Station

Toyosaka Station
豊栄駅

South side of Toyosaka Station, May 2008
Location 1 Hakushin-cho, Kita, Niigata, Niigata
(新潟県新潟市北区白新町1丁目)
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Hakushin Line
History
Opened 1952
Previous names Kuzutsuka (until 1976)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2013) 3,844 daily

Toyosaka Station (豊栄駅 Toyosaka-eki) is a railway station on the Hakushin Line in Kita-ku, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[1]

Lines

Toyosaka Station is served by the Hakushin Line between Niigata and Shibata.

Station layout

View of station platforms with platform 3 on left, May 2008

The station consists of a side platform (1) and an island platform (2/3) serving three tracks, with the station situated above the tracks. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1/2  Hakushin Line for Shibata and Niigata (bidirectional)
3  Hakushin Line for Niigata

Platform 3 is predominantly used for local Hakushin Line services terminating at this station.

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Hakushin Line
Niigata Inaho Shibata
Niigata   Rapid   Shibata
Hayadōri   Local   Kuroyama

History

The station opened on 23 December 1952 as Kuzutsuka Station (葛塚駅), forming the terminus of Hakushin Line from Shibata. It was renamed Toyosaka Station on 1 April 1976. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

From 22 March 1997, some limited express Inaho services began stopping at Toyosaka. A new station building opened on 25 March 2006.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, the station was used by an average of 3,844 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year Daily average
2000 3,285[3]
2005 3,157[4]
2010 3,581[5]
2013 3,844[2]

References

  1. JR East station information page. Retrieved on 8 September 2014. (Japanese)
  2. 1 2 各駅の乗車人員 (2013年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2013)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  3. 各駅の乗車人員 (2000年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2001. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  4. 各駅の乗車人員 (2005年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2006. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  5. 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2014.

External links

Coordinates: 37°55′11.05″N 139°12′56.3″E / 37.9197361°N 139.215639°E / 37.9197361; 139.215639

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