Naoetsu Station

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title: "Naoetsu Station" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["railway-stations-in-japan-opened-in-1986", "railway-stations-in-niigata-prefecture", "shin'etsu-main-line", "stations-of-east-japan-railway-company", "stations-of-hokuetsu-express", "stations-of-echigo-tokimeki-railway", "railway-stations-in-japan-opened-in-1886", "jōetsu,-niigata"] description: "Railway station in Jōetsu, Niigata Prefecture, Japan" topic_path: "geography/japan" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naoetsu_Station" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Railway station in Jōetsu, Niigata Prefecture, Japan ::

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Field	Value
name	Naoetsu Station
native_name	直江津駅
native_name_lang	ja
image	Naoetsu-station.jpg
caption	Naoetsu Station in March 2010
address	1-1 Azuma-cho, Jōetsu-shi, Niigata-ken 942-0003
country	Japan
coordinates
operator	{{Plainlist
line	{{Plainlist
platforms	3 island platforms
status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
website
opened
passengers	2,203 daily (JR)
1,514 daily (Echigo)
pass_year	FY2017
services	{{Adjacent stations
line1	Shirayuki
line2	Shin'etsu Main
line3	Shin'etsu Main
system4	Echigo
line5	Myoko Haneuma
line6	Nihonkai Hisui
system7	Hokuhoku
map_type	Myoko Haneuma Line#Nihonkai Hisui Line#JR Shin'etsu Main Line#Hokuhoku Line#Japan
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• [[File:JR logo (east).svg|20px]] JR East
• [[File:Echigo-TOKImeki logomark.svg|25px]] Echigo Tokimeki Railway | line = {{Plainlist|
• Shinetsu Main Line
• Myōkō Haneuma Line
• Nihonkai Hisui Line
• Hokuhoku Line | platforms = 3 island platforms | connections = | structure = | code = | status = Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) | website = | opened = | closed = | former = | passengers = 2,203 daily (JR) 1,514 daily (Echigo) | pass_year = FY2017 | services = {{Adjacent stations|system=JR East |line1=Shirayuki|right1=Kakizaki|through-left1=Echigo TOKImeki |line2=Shin'etsu Main|note-mid2=Rapid|right2=Saigata |line3=Shin'etsu Main|note-mid3=Local|right3=Kuroi |system4=Echigo|line4=Shirayuki|left4=Kasugayama|through-right4=JR East|note-left4=(limited service) |line5=Myoko Haneuma|left5=Kasugayama |line6=Nihonkai Hisui|left6=Tanihama |system7=Hokuhoku|line8=Hokuhoku|right8=Kuroi|note-mid8=Local|note-right8=(limited service)}} | map_type = Myoko Haneuma Line#Nihonkai Hisui Line#JR Shin'etsu Main Line#Hokuhoku Line#Japan

Naoetsu Station is a railway station in the city of Jōetsu, Niigata, Japan, jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the third-sector railway operator Echigo Tokimeki Railway.

Lines

Naoetsu Station is served by the JR East Shinetsu Main Line, and is a terminus for the line, whose tracks are shared by the Hokuetsu Express Hokuhoku Line. The station also is served by the Echigo Tokimeki Railway Myōkō Haneuma Line and is located 37.7 kilometers from the starting point of the line at and 75.0 kilometers from . On the Nihonkai Hisui Line, it is located 59.3 kilometers from the starting point of the line at and 353.8 kilometers from .

Station layout

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/JR-East_485_Series_Limited_Express_"Hokuetsu"_at_Naoetsu_Station.jpg" caption="Limited express ''[[Hokuetsu]]'' and platforms in July 2010"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/Naoetsu_Station_Kaisatsu_Guchi.jpg" caption="Ticket barriers"] ::

The station has three island platforms with an elevated station building. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

History

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/旧直江津駅舎.jpg" caption="Former building, September 1997"] ::

Naoetsu Station opened on 15 August 1886. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the joint control of JR East and JR West.

From 14 March 2015, with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from to , local passenger operations over sections of the Shinetsu Main Line and Hokuriku Main Line running roughly parallel to the new shinkansen line were reassigned to third-sector railway operating companies.{{cite web |url= http://www.mlit.go.jp/report/press/tetsudo03_hh_000054.html|script-title=ja:しなの鉄道（株）、えちごトキめき鉄道（株）、あいの風とやま鉄道（株）及びＩＲいしかわ鉄道（株）申請の第一種鉄道事業許可について |trans-title=Details of railway business approval for Shinano Railway, Echigo Tokimeki Railway Company, Ainokaze Toyama Railway, and IR Ishikawa Railway|date= 26 February 2014|work= News release |publisher= Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 22 March 2014}} From this date, Naoetsu Station became a boundary station between the Myōkō Haneuma Line (former JR East Shinetsu Main Line) and the Nihonkai Hisui Line (former JR West Hokuriku Main Line) of the Niigata-owned Echigo Tokimeki Railway Company.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the Myōkō Haneuma Line portion of the station was used by an average of 1,516 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). In fiscal 2017, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 2,203 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Naoetsu_Sta_Hotels_April2020.jpg" caption="Hotels in front of the station, April 2020"] ::

• Sado Steam Ship Ferry Terminal

References

References

1. "Timetable｜Hokuetsu Express Co., Ltd".
2. (1998). "停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編". JTB.
3. link. (2017). Echigo Tokimeki Railway Company
4. link. (2018). East Japan Railway Company

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