Tsubame-Sanjō Station

Tsubame-Sanjō Station 燕三条駅
Location	Sanjō, Niigata Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Jōetsu Shinkansen Yahiko Line
History
Opened	1982

Tsubame-Sanjō Station (燕三条駅 Tsubame-Sanjō-eki) is a railway station located in Sanjō, Niigata, Japan. The station sits directly on the border of the cities of Sanjō and Tsubame. As the station headquarters are located on the Sanjō side of the station, Tsubame-Sanjō Station is considered to be in Sanjō. The station opened on November 15, 1982.^[1][2]

Tsubame-Sanjō Station offers access to the Iyahiko Shrine via the JR East Yahiko Line. The shrine, located in the town of Yahiko, was the ichinomiya, or highest shrine, of the ancient Echigo Province, and has numerous Important Cultural Properties of Japan.^[2][3]

Lines

• East Japan Railway Company
  • Jōetsu Shinkansen
  • Yahiko Line

Adjacent stations

«		Service		»
Nagaoka		Jōetsu Shinkansen		Niigata
Tsubame		Yahiko Line		Kita-Sanjō

References

1. Tsubame-Sanjō Station information (JR East)
2. 日本の鉄道. 12, 新幹線: 東海道・山陽・東北・上越新幹線 [Japanese trains. 12, Shinkansen, Tōkaidō, San'yō, Tōhoku, Jōetsu Shinkansen]. 国鉄幹線 "車窓の旅" [Kokutetsu kansen "shasō no tabi"] (in Japanese). Tokyo: Yama to Keikokusha. 1984. p. 120. ISBN 9784635061421. OCLC 812424177.
3. "弥彦神社" [Iyahiko Shrine]. Nihon Daihyakka Zensho (Nipponika) (in Japanese). Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012. OCLC 153301537. Retrieved 2012-10-10.

External links

Media related to Tsubame-Sanjō Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Tsubame-Sanjō Station (Japanese)

Coordinates: 37°38′52″N 138°56′19″E / 37.6477088°N 138.9387274°E