Sekiyama Station 関山駅 | |||||
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Sekiyama Station in August 2021 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Sekiyama, Myōkō-shi, Niigata-ken Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 36°55′59″N138°13′35″E / 36.9330°N 138.2265°E /36.9330; 138.2265 | ||||
| Operated by | |||||
| Line | ■Myōkō Haneuma Line | ||||
| Distance | 6.4 kilometres (4.0 mi) fromMyōkō-Kōgen | ||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Website | Official website | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 15 August 1886 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| FY2017 | 142 daily | ||||
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Sekiyama Station (関山駅,Sekiyama-eki) is a railway station on theMyōkō Haneuma Line inMyōkō, Niigata, Japan, operated by thethird-sector railway operatorEchigo Tokimeki Railway.
Sekiyama Station is served by the 37.7 kmEchigo Tokimeki Railway Myōkō Haneuma Line fromMyōkō-Kōgen toNaoetsu, and is located 6.4 kilometers from the starting point of the line atMyōkō-Kōgen and 43.7 kilometers fromNagano.
| 1 | ■ Myōkō Haneuma Line | forTakada,Naoetsu, andNiigata |
| 2 | ■ Myōkō Haneuma Line | forMyōkō-Kōgen |
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| Myōkō Haneuma Line | ||||
| Myōkō-Kōgen | Local | Nihongi | ||
Sekiyama Station opened on 15 August 1886.[1] With the privatization ofJNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.[1]
From 14 March 2015, with the opening of theHokuriku Shinkansen extension fromNagano toKanazawa, local passenger operations over sections of the Shinetsu Main Line and Hokuriku Main Line running roughly parallel to the new shinkansen line were reassigned tothird-sector railway operating companies.[2] From that date, Sekiyama Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company Echigo Tokimeki Railway.
In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 142 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]