Tsubame Station

Location
	Tsubame Station Location within JR Yahiko Line Tsubame Station Tsubame Station (Japan)

Tsubame Station

燕駅
Tsubame Station; 燕駅
	Tsubame Station in July 2004
General information
Location	2 Tsubame Honcho, Tsubame-shi, Niigata-ken 959-128; Japan
Coordinates	37°40′06″N 138°55′44″E / 37.6683°N 138.9289°E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Yahiko Line
Distance	10.3 km from Yahiko
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Status	Unmanned station (Automatic ticket vending machine installation)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	20 April 1922; 102 years ago
Passengers
FY2015	1,040 daily
Services
Location
Location
	Tsubame Station Location within JR Yahiko Line Tsubame Station Tsubame Station (Japan)

Tsubame Station (燕駅, Tsubame-eki) is a railway station located in Tsubame, Niigata, Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Tsubame Station is served by the Yahiko Line, and is 10.3 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Yahiko Station.

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed ground-level side platforms serving two tracks. connected by a footbridge.

The station is unmanned, but there is an automatic ticket vending machine. Suica farecards can be used at this station.^[1]

Platforms, March 2020
Station interior, March 2020

Platforms

1	■ Yahiko Line	for Tsubame-Sanjō and Higashi-Sanjō
2	■ Yahiko Line	for Yoshida and Yahiko

History

Tsubame Station opened on 20 April 1922. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 1,040 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[2]

Surrounding area

Tsubame-Higashi Elementary School

References

^ Suica＞利用可能エリア＞新潟エリア＞拡大図 [Suica Area in Niigata] (in Japanese). Japan: JR East. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
^ 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.

External links

Tsubame Station (Japanese)

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[1] Suica＞利用可能エリア＞新潟エリア＞拡大図 [Suica Area in Niigata] (in Japanese). Japan: JR East. Retrieved 10 January 2018.

[jreast2015stats-2] 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.

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