Toyosaka_Station
Toyosaka Station
Railway station in Niigata, Japan
Toyosaka Station (豊栄駅, Toyosaka-eki) is a railway station on the Hakushin Line in Kita-ku, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[1]
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.JPG) South side of Toyosaka Station, May 2008 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 1 Hakushin-cho, Kita-ku, Niigata-shi, Niigata-ken 950-3325 Japan | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°55′11.05″N 139°12′56.3″E | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Hakushin Line | |||||||||||||||
| Distance | 15.0 km from Niigata | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed ("Midori no Madoguchi") | |||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 23 December 1952 | |||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Kuzutsuka (until 1976) | |||||||||||||||
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| FY2017 | 3,681 daily | |||||||||||||||
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Toyosaka Station is served by the Hakushin Line between Niigata and Shibata, and is 15.0 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Niigata Station.
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The station consists of a side platform (1) and an island platform (2/3) serving three tracks, with the station situated above the tracks. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.
- Station interior, May 2019
- Platform (May 2020)
- View from the south exit
- View from the north exit
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Platforms
| 1/2 | ■ Hakushin Line | for Shibata, Niigata |
| 3 | ■ Hakushin Line | for Niigata |
Platform 3 is predominantly used for local Hakushin Line services terminating at this station.
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The station opened on 23 December 1952 as Kuzutsuka Station (葛塚駅, Kuzutsuka-eki) , forming the terminus of Hakushin Line from Shibata. It was renamed Toyosaka Station on 1 April 1976. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.
From 22 March 1997, some limited express Inaho services began stopping at Toyosaka. A new station building opened on 25 March 2006.
In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 3,681 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]
- Toyosaka Post Office
- Kita-ku Ward Office
- Fukushimagata Lagoon Park
- JR East station information page. Retrieved on 8 September 2014. (in Japanese)
- 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.
- 各駅の乗車人員 (2000年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2001. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- 各駅の乗車人員 (2005年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2006. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
- JR East station information page (in Japanese)