Niigata Station

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

Niigata Station 新潟駅
File:万代口駅舎ならびにロータリー.jpg View of the station from the Bandai exit, June 2015
Location	1 Hanazono, Chūō, Niigata, Niigata （新潟県新潟市中央区花園1丁目） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Jōetsu Shinkansen Shinetsu Main Line Hakushin Line Echigo Line
Connections	Bus terminal
History
Opened	1904
Traffic
Passengers (FY2011)	36,711 daily

Niigata Station (新潟駅, Niigata-eki) is a major railway station in Chūō-ku, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The station is at the centre of Niigata city, the largest city on the Sea of Japan coast in Honshu. It forms the central station for the railway infrastructure along the Sea of Japan coast, and is also the terminus of the Jōetsu Shinkansen high-speed line from Tokyo.

Lines

Niigata Station is served by the following lines.

• Jōetsu Shinkansen
• Shinetsu Main Line
• Hakushin Line
• Echigo Line

Station layout

The station has one side platform and three island platforms at ground level serving a total of seven tracks (1 to 7) for conventional narrow gauge lines, and two elevated island platforms serving four shinkansen tracks (11 to 14). The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket counter and "View Plaza" travel agency.

Platforms

1	■ Shinetsu Line	for Niitsu, Nagaoka, and Tsugawa
	■ Hakushin Line	for Shibata and Murakami
	■ Echigo Line	for Yoshida and Kashiwazaki
2/3	■ Shinetsu Line	for Niitsu, Nagaoka, and Tsugawa
	■ Hakushin Line	for Shibata and Murakami
	■ Echigo Line	for Yoshida and Kashiwazaki
	■ Rapid Moonlight Echigo	for Shinjuku
	■ Limited express Hokuetsu	for Kanazawa
4/5	■ Shinetsu Line	for Niitsu, Nagaoka, and Tsugawa
	■ Hakushin Line	for Shibata and Murakami
	■ Echigo Line	for Yoshida and Kashiwazaki
6/7	■ Shinetsu Line	for Niitsu, Nagaoka, and Tsugawa
	■ Hakushin Line	for Shibata and Murakami
	■ Echigo Line	for Yoshida and Kashiwazaki
	■ Limited express Inaho	for Sakata and Akita
	■ Rapid Kirakira Uetsu	for Sakata and Kisakata
	■ Rapid Banetsu Monogatari	for Aizu-Wakamatsu
11-14	■ Joetsu Shinkansen	for Takasaki, Ōmiya, and Tokyo

History

Niigata Station opened on 3 May 1904.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 36,711 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

Surrounding area

• National Route 7
• National Route 8
• National Route 17

A panorama view of the South Entrance, June 2013

A panorama view of the South Entrance, June 2013

External links

• JR East station information (Japanese)