Kuroi Station (Niigata)
Kuroi Station 黒井駅 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() North side of the station (July 2018) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | 2692-1 Kuroi-Nishihara, Jōetsu-shi, Niigata-ken 942-0013 Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 37°11′01″N 138°16′03″E / 37.18361°N 138.26750°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Line(s) | ■ Shinetsu Main Line | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance | 2.7 km from Naoetsu | ||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Status | Unattended | ||||||||||||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1 July 1902 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||||||||||
FY2010 | 280 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Kuroi Station (黒井駅, Kuroi-eki) is a railway station on the Shinetsu Main Line in the city of Jōetsu, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The station also has a freight terminal operated by Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).
Lines
[edit]Kuroi Station is served by the Shin'etsu Main Line, and is 2.7 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Naoetsu Station.
Station layout
[edit]The station consists of one ground-level island platform with an elevated station building located above and at a right angle to the platform. The station is unattended.
- South side of the station (November 2013)
- Platform
Platforms
[edit]1 | ■ Shin'etsu Main Line | for Nagaoka and Niigata |
2 | ■ Shin'etsu Main Line | for Naoetsu |
History
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Kuroi_20040718.jpg/250px-Kuroi_20040718.jpg)
The station opened on 1 July 1902, as a freight station of the Hokuetsu Railway, which was nationalized in 1907. Passenger service began on 1 September 1906. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.
Surrounding area
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 582. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ "Timetable|Hokuetsu Express Co., Ltd". hokuhoku-line.jp. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
External links
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- JR East station information (in Japanese)