Tsugawa Station
Tsugawa Station 津川駅 | |||||||||||||||
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![]() Tsugawa Station, June 2010 | |||||||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||||||
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 | ![]() | ||||||||||||||
Line(s) | ■ Ban'etsu West Line | ||||||||||||||
Distance | 137.0 km from Kōriyama | ||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||||||
Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) | ||||||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||
Opened | 1 June 1913 | ||||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||||
175 daily (FY2017) | |||||||||||||||
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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).
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.
- 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]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Tsugawa_20040905.jpg/220px-Tsugawa_20040905.jpg)
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]
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- JR East station information (in Japanese)