Naoetsu Station (直江津駅, Naoetsu-eki) 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.

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Naoetsu Station 直江津駅
Naoetsu Station in March 2010
General information
Location	1-1 Azuma-cho, Jōetsu-shi, Niigata-ken 942-0003 Japan
Coordinates	37.171021°N 138.243113°E / 37.171021; 138.243113
Operated by	JR East Echigo Tokimeki Railway
Line(s)	■ Shinetsu Main Line ■ Myōkō Haneuma Line ■ Nihonkai Hisui Line ■ Hokuhoku Line
Platforms	3 island platforms
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
History
Opened	15 August 1886; 137 years ago (1886-08-15)
Passengers
FY2017	2,203 daily (JR) 1,514 daily (Echigo)
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station through to Echigo TOKImeki Shirayuki Kakizaki towards Niigata Terminus Shin'etsu Main Line Rapid Saigata towards Niigata Shin'etsu Main Line Local Kuroi towards Niigata Preceding station Echigo TOKImeki Following station Kasugayama (limited service) towards Jōetsumyōkō Shirayuki through to JR East Kasugayama towards Myōkō-Kōgen Myōkō Haneuma Line Terminus Tanihama towards Ichiburi Nihonkai Hisui Line Preceding station Hokuhoku Express Following station Terminus Hokuhoku Line Local[1] Kuroi (limited service) towards Echigo-Yuzawa
Location Naoetsu Station Location within Myoko Haneuma Line Show map of Myoko Haneuma Line Naoetsu Station Naoetsu Station (Nihonkai Hisui Line) Show map of Nihonkai Hisui Line Naoetsu Station Naoetsu Station (JR Shinetsu Main Line) Show map of JR Shinetsu Main Line Naoetsu Station Naoetsu Station (Hokuhoku Line) Show map of Hokuhoku Line Naoetsu Station Naoetsu Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

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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 Myōkō-Kōgen and 75.0 kilometers from Nagano. On the Nihonkai Hisui Line, it is located 59.3 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Ichiburi and 353.8 kilometers from Maibara.

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

Naoetsu Station opened on 15 August 1886.^[2] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the joint control of JR East and JR West.^[2]

From 14 March 2015, with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from Nagano to Kanazawa, 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.^[3] 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.^[3]

In fiscal 2017, the Myōkō Haneuma Line portion of the station was used by an average of 1,516 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[4] In fiscal 2017, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 2,203 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[5]

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