Niigata Station

This article is about the station in Niigata, Japan. For the railway station in Kure, Hiroshima, Japan, seeNigata Station.

Niigata Station(Tân tả dịch,Niigata-eki)is a major railway station inChūō-ku, Niigata,Japan, operated byEast Japan Railway Company(JR East).The station is in the center of Niigata city, the largest city on theSea of Japancoast inHonshu.It forms the central station for the railway infrastructure along theSea of Japancoast, and is also theterminusof theJōetsu Shinkansenhigh-speed line from Tokyo.

Niigata Station Tân tả dịch
View of the station from the Bandai exit in June 2015
General information
Location	1 Hanazono, Chūō-ku,Niigata-shi Niigata-ken950-0086 Japan
Coordinates	37°54′43.3″N139°3′42.8″E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Jōetsu Shinkansen Shin'etsu Main Line Hakushin Line Echigo Line
Platforms	2side+ 4island platforms
Tracks	4 Shinkansen 5 Conventional lines
Connections	Bus terminal
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Other information
Status	Staffed ( "Midori no Madoguchi")
Website	Official website
History
Opened	3 May 1904(1904-05-03)
Passengers
FY2017	37,461 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Tsubame-Sanjō towardsTokyo Jōetsu Shinkansen Toki Terminus Niitsu towardsNaoetsu Shirayuki Kameda towardsNaoetsu Shin'etsu Main Line Rapid Echigo-Ishiyama towardsNaoetsu Shin'etsu Main Line Local Terminus Inaho Toyosaka towardsAkita Hakushin Line Higashi-Niigata towardsShibata Hakusan towardsKashiwazaki Echigo Line Terminus
Location Niigata Station Location within JR Shinetsu Main Line Niigata Station Niigata Station (JR Hakushin Line) Niigata Station Niigata Station (JR Echigo Line) Niigata Station Niigata Station (BRT Bandai-bashi Line) Niigata Station Niigata Station (Niigata Prefecture) Niigata Station Niigata Station (Japan)

Lines

Niigata Station is served by the following lines.

• Joetsu Shinkansen
• Shin'etsu Main Line
• Hakushin Line
• Echigo Line

Station layout

The station has twoside platforms(former 1, 4) and twoisland platforms(former 2/3, and 8/9) at ground level serving a total of six tracks for conventionalnarrow gaugelines, of which only one island platform remains in use for trains originating from Niigata Station. This island platform (8/9) is an extension of one of the side platforms (1). The station also has two elevated side platforms 2, 5) and one island platform 3,4) serving conventionalnarrow gaugelines, and two more elevated island platforms serving fourshinkansentracks (11 to 14). The elevated station building has a "Midori no Madoguchi"staffed ticket counter and" View Plaza "travel agency.

• 
  Gate (Bandai Entrance)
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  Ticket machines (Bandai Entrance)
• 
  Elevated platforms
• 
  Ground level platform No.8 and No.9
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  Ground level platform No.1 (not in use)
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  Sake Museum Ponshu-kan

Platforms

(Elevated)

1	■-	(facilities not yet in place)
2-5	■Shinetsu Line	forNiitsu,Nagaoka,andTsugawa
	■Ban'etsu West Line	forGosenandAizu-Wakamatsu
	■Hakushin Line	forShibataandMurakami
	■Uetsu Main Line	forShibataandMurakami
	■Echigo Line	forYoshidaandKashiwazaki
11-14	■Joetsu Shinkansen	forTakasaki,Ōmiya,andTokyo

(Ground level)

former 1-4	■-	(not in use)
former 5-7	■-	(facilities removed)
8-9	■Shinetsu Line	forNiitsu,Nagaoka,andTsugawa(starting trains)
	■Ban'etsu West Line	forGosenandAizu-Wakamatsu(starting trains)
	■Hakushin Line	forShibataandMurakami(starting trains)
	■Uetsu Main Line	forShibataandMurakami(starting trains)

History

Niigata Station opened on 3 May 1904.With the privatization ofJapanese National Railways(JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 37,461 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	Daily average
2000	36,894
2001	37,185
2002	37,407
2003	37,612
2004	36,300
2005	37,050
2006	36,769
2007	36,849
2008	37,012
2009	36,396
2010	36,269
2011	36,711
2011	37,446

Surrounding area

• CoCoLo Niigata, shopping center in the station
• Sake Museum Ponshu-kan
• National Route 7
• National Route 8
• Bandai Bridge

A panorama view of the North (Bandai) Entrance, June 2013

A panorama view of the South Entrance, June 2013

Bus terminals

A sign of Bandaiguchi Bus Terminal, June 2016

Both the Bandai Entrance and the South Entrance have bus terminals.As of February 2017,the following transit bus line are on service.

Bandaiguchi Bus Terminal

• Niigata City Loop Bus
• Transit bus operated byNiigata Kotsu
  • BRT "Bandai-bashi Line":Niigata Sta.—Bandai Bridge—Furumachi—City office—Hakusan Station—Aoyama
  • C*: for Central Niigata
  • S*: for South Niigata
  • W*: for West Niigata
  • E*: for East Niigata
  • "Sado-Kisen Line":Niigata Sta.—Toki Messe—Sado KisenFerry Terminal

Minamiguchi Bus Terminal

• Transit bus operated by Niigata Kotsu
  • Limousine busforNiigata Airport
  • C* / S* / W* / E*
    • S7: forBig Swan Stadium,Niigata Prefectural Baseball Stadium

External links

• JR East station information(in Japanese)