Kamitokoro Station
Kamitokoro Station 上所駅 | |||||||||||
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The south side of Kamitokoro Station in March 2025 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 1-chōme-4 Shimotokorojima, Chūō-ku, Niigata-shi Niigata-ken 950-0991 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°54′25″N 139°2′43″E / 37.90694°N 139.04528°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | JR East | ||||||||||
| Line | ■ Echigo Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 82.3 km from Kashiwazaki | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2[1] | ||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 15 March 2025 | ||||||||||
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Kamitokoro Station (上所駅, Kamitokoro-eki) is a railway station on the Echigo Line in Shimotokorojima 1-chome, Chūō-ku, Niigata, Japan.[1] It is operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[2]
History
In 2017, the Kamitokoro school district community council gathered approximately 17,000 signatures from the local residents to request the establishment of a new station.[3] The Niigata city government allocated a budget for the consideration of the new station establishment in the fiscal year 2018 budget.[4]
In February 2022, JR East and Niigata City agreed to build a station between Hakusan and Niigata on the Echigo Line.[5] On 19 April 2023, the Hokuriku-Shinetsu District Transport Bureau approved the planned establishment of the new station.[6] The new station was planned to open at the end of fiscal 2024.[2]
The station name was announced on 1 June 2023.[2] Construction started later that year.[7] The station opened on 15 March 2025.[8] The establishment was celebrated by the local residents as the first station to open in Niigata prefecture in 4 years since the Echigo Oshiage Hisui Kaigan Station in 2021.
Lines
Kamitokoro Station is served by the Echigo Line, and is located 1.6 kilometres from Hakusan and 1.5 kilometres from Niigata.[9] It is the west side of the Nishi-Kosenkyo overpass of the prefectural road 164, Hakusan station to Meike line.
The location of the tracks around this station was formerly shared by the industrial private lines for the Niigata Central Wholesale Market and the Nippon Light Metal plant until their discontinuation. The space was reused to make the Echigo line a double-track capacity. The additional space was repurposed for the west-bound track as a part of the grade separation improvements of the Echigo line.[10]
Station layout
The station has two opposed side platforms connected by an underpass.[1] The platforms are 125 metres long and can accommodate trains that are at most six cars long.[11][5] In addition, elevators are installed.[5] It has a two-platform and two-track configuration. All local trains on the line stop at the station.[11] It was built to be an unstaffed station.[2]
Platforms
| 1 | ■ Echigo Line | for Uchino and Yoshida |
| 2 | ■ Echigo Line | for Niigata
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Surrounding area
References
- ^ a b c "越後線・新駅名称は「上所」に決定…白山-新潟間に2024年度末開業へ" [New Echigo Line station named "Kamitokoro" to open between Hakusan and Niigata at the end of fiscal year 2024]. Automotive Media Response (in Japanese). Japan. 4 June 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f "JR東日本、越後線白山～新潟間の新駅は「上所駅」2024年度末開業へ" [JR East to open "Kamitokoro Station" between Hakusan and Niigata on the Echigo Line at the end of fiscal year 2024]. Mynavi News (in Japanese). Japan. 1 June 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
- ^ "「上所駅」3、4年後開業見込むJR越後線 新潟市が住民に説明". 新潟日報デジタルプラス. 23 September 2021. Archived from the original on 16 February 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
- ^ "新潟市の新年度予算は、前年度比164億円減の3802億円". にいがた経済新聞. 13 February 2018. Archived from the original on 18 April 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
- ^ a b c "新潟市・JR東日本，越後線（仮称）上所新駅の設置に関する基本協定を締結" [Niigata City and JR East sign a basic agreement regarding the establishment of Kamitokoro Station on the Echigo Line (tentative name)]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 23 February 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
- ^ "新潟～白山の新駅「上所（仮）」認可 2024年度末の開業に向け JR越後線" [Approval for JR Echigo Line "Kamitokoro (tentative)" Station between Niigata and Hakusan - opening at the end of fiscal 2024]. Traffic News (in Japanese). Japan: Mediavague Co., Ltd. 19 April 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
- ^ "JR東日本、上所駅の外壁カラーを一般投票で決定 - 2024年度末開業" [JR East decides exterior wall colour of Kamitokoro Station through public voting - to open at the end of 2024]. Mynavi News (in Japanese). Japan. 18 March 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
- ^ "越後線上所駅が開業" [Kamitokoro Station on the Echigo Line opens]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 15 March 2025. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
- ^ "すでに馴染んでいた!? JR越後線の新駅「上所」に決定 新潟支社の選定理由とは" [Already familiar?! "Kamitokoro" selected for JR Echigo Line's new station - why the Niigata branch chose it?]. Traffic News (in Japanese). Japan: Mediavague Co., Ltd. 1 June 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
- ^ "新潟駅から伸びる専用線". 14 July 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
- ^ a b Department, Editorial (17 December 2024). "JR East to Open 'Kamitokoro Station' on March 15, 2025". TRAICY Global. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)