Minami-Takada Station
Minami-Takada Station (南高田駅, Minami-Takada-eki) is a railway station on the Myōkō Haneuma Line in the city of Jōetsu, Niigata, Japan, operated by the third-sector operating railway company Echigo Tokimeki Railway. LinesMinami-Takada Station is served by the 37.7 km Echigo Tokimeki Railway Myōkō Haneuma Line from Myōkō-Kōgen to Naoetsu, and is located 29.0 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Myōkō-Kōgen and 66.3 kilometers from Nagano. Station layoutThe station has one side platform serving a single bi-directional track, with the station building located directly on the platform. The station is unattended. Adjacent stations
HistoryThe station opened on 10 December 1961 on the Shinetsu Main Line. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East. 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 running roughly parallel to the new shinkansen line were reassigned to different third-sector railway operating companies.[1] From this date, Minami-Takada Station became a station on the Echigo Tokimeki Railway Myōkō Haneuma Line.[1] Passenger statisticsIn fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 835 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2] Surrounding area
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