Echigo-Hirose Station

Echigo-Hirose Station 越後広瀬駅
Echigo-Hirose Station in August 2006
General information
Location	Namiyanagi, Uonuma-shi, Niigata-ken 946-0111 Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Tadami Line
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Other information
Website	www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=281
History
Opened	1 November 1942
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Yabukami towards Koide Tadami Line Uonuma-Tanaka towards Aizu-Wakamatsu
Location Echigo-Hirose Station Location within JR Tadami Line Show map of JR Tadami Line Echigo-Hirose Station Echigo-Hirose Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Echigo-Hirose Station (越後広瀬駅, Echigo-Hirose-eki) is a railway station in Uonuma, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Echigo-Hirose Station is served by the Tadami Line, and is 129.5 kilometers from terminus of the line at Aizu-Wakamatsu.

Station layout

The station consists of one ground-level side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended.

History

Echigo-Hirose Station opened on 1 November 1942, as an intermediate station on the initial western section of the Tadami Line between Koide and Ōshirakawa.[1] Along with the rest of the Tadami Line, the station came under the ownership of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) in 1949, and was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987.

Surrounding area

The station and Mt. Shimo-Gongendo

• Hirokami Post Office
• Japan National Route 252
• Japan National Route 291
• Japan National Route 352

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. "Tadami Line User Manual" (PDF). Union Workshop. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.

External links

• (in Japanese) Echigo-Hirose Station (JR East)

37.2742°N 138.9811°E / 37.2742; 138.9811