Kuroi Station 黒井駅 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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North side of the station (July 2018) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | 2692-1 Kuroi-Nishihara, Jōetsu-shi, Niigata-ken 942-0013 Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°11′01″N138°16′03″E / 37.18361°N 138.26750°E /37.18361; 138.26750 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Line | ■ Shinetsu Main Line | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 2.7 km fromNaoetsu | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Unattended | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1 July 1902; 123 years ago (1902-07-01) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||||||||||
| FY2010 | 280 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Kuroi Station (黒井駅,Kuroi-eki) is a railway station on theShinetsu Main Line in the city ofJōetsu, Niigata, Japan, operated byEast Japan Railway Company (JR East). The station also has a freight terminal operated byJapan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).
Kuroi Station is served by theShin'etsu Main Line, and is 2.7 kilometers from the terminus of the line atNaoetsu Station.
The station consists of one ground-levelisland platform with an elevated station building located above and at a right angle to the platform. The station is unattended.
| 1 | ■ Shin'etsu Main Line | forNagaoka andNiigata |
| 2 | ■ Shin'etsu Main Line | forNaoetsu |

The station opened on 1 July 1902, as a freight station of the Hokuetsu Railway, which was nationalized in 1907. Passenger service began on 1 September 1906. With the privatization ofJapanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.