{{Short description|Railway station in Itoigawa, Niigata Prefecture, Japan}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox station | name = Itoigawa Station | native_name = 糸魚川駅 | native_name_lang = ja | type = | image = 糸魚川駅 （拡大）.jpg | alt = | mlanguage = {{Infobox Japanese|shinjitai=糸魚川駅|kyujitai=絲魚川驛|hiragana=いといがわえき}} | caption = Itoigawa Station in December 2013 | other_name = | address = 1-7-10 Ōmachi, [[Itoigawa|Itoigawa City]], [[Niigata Prefecture]] 941-0061 | country = Japan | coordinates = {{coord|37|2|38|N|137|51|45|E|type:railwaystation_region:JP|display=inline, title}} | operator = {{Plainlist| * {{ric|JR West|name=y}} * [[File:Echigo-TOKImeki logomark.svg|25px]] [[Echigo Tokimeki Railway]] *[[File:JR logo (freight).svg|20px]] [[JR Freight]] }} | line = {{Plainlist| * {{ric|JR West|Hokuriku Shinkansen|name=y}} * {{rcb|JR West|Oito|yes}} * {{colorbull|Dodgerblue}} [[Echigo Tokimeki Railway Nihonkai Hisui Line|Nihonkai Hisui Line]] }} | platforms = 1 [[island platform|island]] + 1 [[side platforms]] (Oito Line, Hisui Line)<br />2 side platforms (Shinkansen) | connections = | structure = | code = | status = Staffed (''[[Midori no Madoguchi]]'') | opened = {{start date and age|16 December 1912|df=y}} | closed = | former = | passengers = 1,205 daily | pass_year = FY2016 | map_type = Nihonkai Hisui Line#Japan Niigata Prefecture#Japan Chubu#Japan | services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=JR West |line1=Hokuriku Shinkansen|left1=Kurobe-Unazukionsen|type1=Hakutaka|right1=Jōetsumyōkō|note-mid1={{SLL|''[[Hakutaka|{{white|Hakutaka}}]]''|#FF4500}} |line2=Oito|right2=Himekawa |system3=Echigo|line3=Nihonkai Hisui|left3=Ōmi|right3=Echigo Oshiage Hisui Kaigan}} }}

{{Nihongo|'''Itoigawa Station'''|糸魚川駅|Itoigawa-eki}} is a railway station in [[Itoigawa, Niigata]], Japan, operated by [[West Japan Railway Company]] (JR West) and the [[Public–private partnership#Japan|third-sector]] railway operator [[Echigo Tokimeki Railway]]. It is also a freight terminal for the [[Japan Freight Railway Company]].

==Lines== Itoigawa Station is served by the JR West high-speed [[Hokuriku Shinkansen]] and the local [[Ōito Line]], and is located 213.9 kilometers from [[Takasaki Station]] and 318.9 kilometers from [[Tokyo Station]]. It is 105.4 kilometers from [[Matsumoto Station]], the [[terminal station|terminus]] of the Ōito Line. For the [[Echigo Tokimeki Railway Nihonkai Hisui Line]], the station is 29.9 kilometers from [[Tomari Station (Toyama)|Tomari Station]] and 315.0 kilometers from [[Maibara Station]].

==Station layout== [[File:ItoigawaStation3.JPG|thumb|Oito Line train and platforms in November 2008]] The local portion of the station has one [[side platform]] and one [[island platform]] with a cut-out, serving four tracks in total. The Shinkansen portion of the station has two opposed side platforms, located above the local train platforms. The station building is located below the tracks and platforms. The station has a ''[[Midori no Madoguchi]]'' staffed ticket office.

===Platforms=== {{ja-rail-line|pfn=1|first=2|name=Nihonkai Hisui Line|col=DodgerBlue|dir=for {{STN|Naoetsu|x}}}} {{ja-rail-line|pfn=2|nidx=Nihonkai Hisui Line|col=DodgerBlue|dir=for Naoetsu<br />for {{STN|Ichiburi|x}}}} {{ja-rail-line|pfn=3|nidx=Nihonkai Hisui Line|col=DodgerBlue|dir=for Ichiburi}} {{ja-rail-line|pfn=4|name=Ōito Line|col=SteelBlue|dir=for {{STN|Minami-Otari|x}}}} {{ja-rail-line|pfn=11|name=Hokuriku Shinkansen|col=DodgerBlue|dir=for {{STN|Nagano|x}} and {{STN|Tokyo|x}}}} {{ja-rail-line|pfn=12|first=3|nidx=Hokuriku Shinkansen|col=DodgerBlue|dir=for {{STN|Toyama|x}}, {{STN|Kanazawa|x}} and {{STN|Tsuruga|x}}}}

The [[departure melody]] used for the Shinkansen platforms is the traditional children's song {{Nihongo|"Haru yo Koi"|春よ来い}}, the lyrics for which were written by {{Interlanguage link|Gyofū Sōma|ja|3=相馬 御風}}, a native of Itoigawa.<ref name="jrwest20141209">{{cite web|url= http://www.westjr.co.jp/press/article/2014/12/page_6523.html|script-title= ja:北陸新幹線 発車メロディの決定について|trans-title= Departure melodies chosen for Hokuriku Shinkansen|date= 9 December 2014|work= News release|publisher= West Japan Railway Company|location= Japan|language= ja|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141210030036/http://www.westjr.co.jp/press/article/2014/12/page_6523.html|archive-date= 10 December 2014|access-date= 10 December 2014|url-status= dead|df= dmy-all}}</ref>

==History== [[File:ItoigawaSt1.jpg|thumb|The former station building in December 2005]] The station opened on 16 December 1912.<ref name="teishajo1998">{{cite book |script-title=ja: 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編|trans-title=Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR| publisher = JTB | editor1-last = Ishino| editor1-first = Tetsu| year = 1998 | location = Japan | volume = II| page = 142| isbn = 4-533-02980-9}}</ref> With the [[privatization]] of [[JNR]] on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.<ref name="teishajo1998"/>

The platforms for the [[Hokuriku Shinkansen]] opened for service on 14 March 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022 |title=データで見るJR西日本 2022 |trans-title=JR West Japan 2022 in Data |url=https://www.westjr.co.jp/company/info/issue/data/pdf/data2022.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221214074840/https://www.westjr.co.jp/company/info/issue/data/pdf/data2022.pdf |archive-date=14 December 2022 |access-date=7 February 2023 |website=westjr.co.jp |pages=88–90 |language=ja}}</ref>

From 14 March 2015, with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from {{STN|Nagano|x}} to {{STN|Kanazawa|x}}, 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 [[Public–private partnership#Japan|third-sector]] railway operating companies.<ref name="dj371">{{cite journal |last= Osano|first=Kagetoshi |script-title=ja: 北陸新幹線並行在来線各社の姿 |trans-title=Guide to companies operating conventional lines alongside the Hokuriku Shinkansen | journal = Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine |volume = 44|issue = 371 |pages = 28–33 |publisher = Kōtsū Shimbun |location = Japan |language= ja |date = March 2015}}</ref> From this date, operations of former Hokuriku Main Line services were transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company Echigo Tokimeki Railway.

==Passenger statistics== In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 1205 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).<ref name="ITOIGAWA_stats">{{cite web|url= http://www.city.itoigawa.lg.jp/secure/5449/11dai10syou135KB.pdf|script-title= ja:統計いといがわ 第10章 運輸・通信 (PDF)|trans-title= Itoigawa official statistics No.10 Transportation and Communications|year= 2016|publisher= Itoigawa City Government|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 12 September 2018|archive-date= 17 November 2017|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171117174520/http://www.city.itoigawa.lg.jp/secure/5449/11dai10syou135KB.pdf|url-status= dead}}</ref>

==Surrounding area== *Itoigawa City Hall * {{jct|country=JPN|Route|8}}

==See also== * [[List of railway stations in Japan]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category}} * [http://www.jr-odekake.net/eki/top.php?id=0541482 Itoigawa Station (JR West official page)] {{in lang|ja}} *[https://www.echigo-tokimeki.co.jp/timetable/itoigawa/ Echigo Tokimeki Railway HP] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316171249/https://www.echigo-tokimeki.co.jp/timetable/itoigawa/ |date=16 March 2015 }} {{in lang|ja}}

{{Hokuriku Shinkansen}} {{Nihonkai Hisui Line}} {{Ōito Line (JR West)}}

[[Category:Railway stations in Niigata Prefecture]] [[Category:Stations of West Japan Railway Company]] [[Category:Stations of Japan Freight Railway Company]] [[Category:Railway stations in Toyama Prefecture]] [[Category:Railway stations in Japan opened in 1912]] [[Category:Itoigawa, Niigata]] [[Category:Hokuriku Shinkansen]]