Summary
Tsugawa Station (津川駅, Tsugawa-eki) is a railway station in the town of Aga, Higashikanbara District, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Tsugawa Station 津川駅 | |||||||||||||||
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 Tsugawa Station, June 2010 | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | 127 Tsugawa, Aga-machi, Higashikambara-gun, Niigata-ken 959-4401 Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°41′17″N 139°26′49″E / 37.6881°N 139.4470°E | ||||||||||||||
| Operated by |  JR East | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Ban'etsu West Line | ||||||||||||||
| Distance | 137.0 km from Kōriyama | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 June 1913 | ||||||||||||||
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| 175 daily (FY2017) | |||||||||||||||
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  Tsugawa Station Location within Japan | |||||||||||||||
Lines edit
Tsugawa Station is served by the Ban'etsu West Line, and is 137.0 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kōriyama.
Station layout edit
The station consists of a ground-level island platform serving two tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
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Station interior, March 2020 -
Platform -
Waiting room on the platform -
Banetsu Monogatari at Tsugawa Station
Platforms edit
| 1 | ■ Banetsu West Line | for Gosen and Niitsu |
| 2 | ■ Banestu West Line | for Nozawa, Kitakata and Aizu-Wakamatsu |
History edit
The station opened on 1 June 1913. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East. A new station building was completed in September 2009.
Passenger statistics edit
In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 787 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Surrounding area edit
- Aga Town Hall
- Agano River
National Route 459
National Route 49- Toyomi Post Office
See also edit
References edit
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2017年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2017)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
External links edit
- JR East station information (in Japanese)