# Itoigawa Station

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Railway station in Itoigawa, Niigata Prefecture, Japan

Itoigawa Station 糸魚川駅 Itoigawa Station in December 2013 Japanese name Shinjitai 糸魚川駅 Kyūjitai 絲魚川驛 Hiragana いといがわえき General information Location 1-7-10 Ōmachi, Itoigawa City, Niigata Prefecture 941-0061 Japan Coordinates 37°2′38″N 137°51′45″E / 37.04389°N 137.86250°E / 37.04389; 137.86250 Operated by JR West Echigo Tokimeki Railway JR Freight Lines Hokuriku Shinkansen Ōito Line ■ Nihonkai Hisui Line Platforms 1 island + 1 side platforms (Oito Line, Hisui Line) 2 side platforms (Shinkansen) Other information Status Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) History Opened 16 December 1912; 113 years ago (16 December 1912) Passengers FY2016 1,205 daily Services Preceding station JR West Following station Kurobe-Unazukionsen towards Tsuruga Hokuriku Shinkansen Hakutaka Jōetsumyōkō Terminus Terminus Ōito Line Himekawa towards Minami-Otari Preceding station Echigo TOKImeki Following station Ōmi towards Ichiburi Nihonkai Hisui Line Echigo Oshiage Hisui Kaigan towards Naoetsu Location Itoigawa Station Location within Nihonkai Hisui Line Show map of Nihonkai Hisui Line Itoigawa Station Itoigawa Station (Niigata Prefecture) Show map of Niigata Prefecture Itoigawa Station Itoigawa Station (Chubu region) Show map of Chubu region Itoigawa Station Itoigawa Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

**Itoigawa Station** (糸魚川駅, *Itoigawa-eki*) is a railway station in [Itoigawa, Niigata](/source/Itoigawa%2C_Niigata), Japan, operated by [West Japan Railway Company](/source/West_Japan_Railway_Company) (JR West) and the [third-sector](/source/Public%E2%80%93private_partnership#Japan) railway operator [Echigo Tokimeki Railway](/source/Echigo_Tokimeki_Railway). It is also a freight terminal for the [Japan Freight Railway Company](/source/Japan_Freight_Railway_Company).

## Lines

Itoigawa Station is served by the JR West high-speed [Hokuriku Shinkansen](/source/Hokuriku_Shinkansen) and the local [Ōito Line](/source/%C5%8Cito_Line), and is located 213.9 kilometers from [Takasaki Station](/source/Takasaki_Station) and 318.9 kilometers from [Tokyo Station](/source/Tokyo_Station). It is 105.4 kilometers from [Matsumoto Station](/source/Matsumoto_Station), the [terminus](/source/Terminal_station) of the Ōito Line. For the [Echigo Tokimeki Railway Nihonkai Hisui Line](/source/Echigo_Tokimeki_Railway_Nihonkai_Hisui_Line), the station is 29.9 kilometers from [Tomari Station](/source/Tomari_Station_(Toyama)) and 315.0 kilometers from [Maibara Station](/source/Maibara_Station).

## Station layout

Oito Line train and platforms in November 2008

The local portion of the station has one [side platform](/source/Side_platform) and one [island platform](/source/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](/source/Midori_no_Madoguchi)* staffed ticket office.

### Platforms

1 ■ Nihonkai Hisui Line for Naoetsu 2 ■ Nihonkai Hisui Line for Naoetsu for Ichiburi 3 ■ Nihonkai Hisui Line for Ichiburi 4 ■ Ōito Line for Minami-Otari 11 ■ Hokuriku Shinkansen for Nagano and Tokyo 12 ■ Hokuriku Shinkansen for Toyama, Kanazawa and Tsuruga

The [departure melody](/source/Departure_melody) used for the Shinkansen platforms is the traditional children's song "Haru yo Koi" (春よ来い), the lyrics for which were written by [Gyofū Sōma](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gyof%C5%AB_S%C5%8Dma&action=edit&redlink=1) [[ja](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%9B%B8%E9%A6%AC_%E5%BE%A1%E9%A2%A8)], a native of Itoigawa.[1]

## History

The former station building in December 2005

The station opened on 16 December 1912.[2] With the [privatization](/source/Privatization) of [JNR](/source/JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.[2]

The platforms for the [Hokuriku Shinkansen](/source/Hokuriku_Shinkansen) opened for service on 14 March 2015.[3]

From 14 March 2015, with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from [Nagano](/source/Nagano_Station) to [Kanazawa](/source/Kanazawa_Station), 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](/source/Public%E2%80%93private_partnership#Japan) railway operating companies.[4] 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).[5]

## Surrounding area

- Itoigawa City Hall

- [National Route 8](/source/Japan_National_Route_8)

## See also

- [List of railway stations in Japan](/source/List_of_railway_stations_in_Japan)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-jrwest20141209_1-0)** [北陸新幹線 発車メロディの決定について](https://web.archive.org/web/20141210030036/http://www.westjr.co.jp/press/article/2014/12/page_6523.html) [Departure melodies chosen for Hokuriku Shinkansen]. *News release* (in Japanese). Japan: West Japan Railway Company. 9 December 2014. Archived from [the original](http://www.westjr.co.jp/press/article/2014/12/page_6523.html) on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-teishajo1998_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-teishajo1998_2-1) Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [*Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR*]. Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 142. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [4-533-02980-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/4-533-02980-9).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["データで見るJR西日本 2022"](https://web.archive.org/web/20221214074840/https://www.westjr.co.jp/company/info/issue/data/pdf/data2022.pdf) [JR West Japan 2022 in Data] (PDF). *westjr.co.jp* (in Japanese). 2022. pp. 88–90. Archived from [the original](https://www.westjr.co.jp/company/info/issue/data/pdf/data2022.pdf) (PDF) on 14 December 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-dj371_4-0)** Osano, Kagetoshi (March 2015). 北陸新幹線並行在来線各社の姿 [Guide to companies operating conventional lines alongside the Hokuriku Shinkansen]. *Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine* (in Japanese). **44** (371). Japan: Kōtsū Shimbun: 28–33.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ITOIGAWA_stats_5-0)** [統計いといがわ 第10章 運輸・通信 (PDF)](https://web.archive.org/web/20171117174520/http://www.city.itoigawa.lg.jp/secure/5449/11dai10syou135KB.pdf) [Itoigawa official statistics No.10 Transportation and Communications] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Itoigawa City Government. 2016. Archived from [the original](http://www.city.itoigawa.lg.jp/secure/5449/11dai10syou135KB.pdf) (PDF) on 17 November 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2018.

## External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Itoigawa Station](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Itoigawa_Station).

- [Itoigawa Station (JR West official page)](http://www.jr-odekake.net/eki/top.php?id=0541482) (in Japanese)

- [Echigo Tokimeki Railway HP](https://www.echigo-tokimeki.co.jp/timetable/itoigawa/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20150316171249/https://www.echigo-tokimeki.co.jp/timetable/itoigawa/) 16 March 2015 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) (in Japanese)

v t e Stations of the Hokuriku Shinkansen (Tokyo Ueno Ōmiya Kumagaya Honjō-Waseda) Takasaki Annaka-Haruna Karuizawa Sakudaira Ueda Nagano Iiyama Jōetsumyōkō Itoigawa Kurobe-Unazukionsen Toyama Shin-Takaoka Kanazawa Komatsu Kagaonsen Awaraonsen Fukui Echizen-Takefu Tsuruga Planned: Higashi-Obama (tentative name) Kyōto Matsuiyamate (tentative name) Shin-Ōsaka

v t e Echigo TOKImeki Nihonkai Hisui Line and related lines Hokuriku Main Line Biwako Line (for Hikone and Kyoto<<)(for Gifu and Nagoya<<) Maibara Sakata Tamura Nagahama (for Torahime>>) A Hokuriku Line (for Tamura<<) Nagahama Torahime Kawake Takatsuki Kinomoto Yogo - (for Ōmi-Imazu and Kyōto<<) Ōmi-Shiotsu Shin-Hikida Tsuruga Hapi-Line Fukui Line Tsuruga* Minami-Imajō Imajō# Yunoo Nanjō# Ōshio Shikibu Takefu* Sabae* Kita-Sabae Ōdoro Echizen-Hanandō (Minami-Fukui Freight Terminal) Fukui* Morita Harue Maruoka Awaraonsen Hosorogi Ushinoya Daishōji (for Kagaonsen>>) IR Ishikawa Railway Line (for Ushinoya<<) Daishōji Kagaonsen Iburihashi Awazu Komatsu Meihō Nomi-Neagari Komaiko Mikawa Kaga-Kasama Nishi-Mattō Mattō Nonoichi Nishi-Kanazawa Kanazawa** Higashi-Kanazawa Morimoto Tsubata (for Wakuraonsen>>) Kurikara (for Isurugi>>) Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line (for Tsubata<<) Kurikara Isurugi** Fukuoka Nishi-Takaoka Takaoka-Yabunami Takaoka** Etchū-Daimon Kosugi** Kureha Toyama** Shin-Toyamaguchi Higashi-Toyama Mizuhashi Namerikawa** Higashi-Namerikawa Uozu** Kurobe** Ikuji Nishi-Nyūzen Nyūzen** Tomari** Etchū-Miyazaki Ichiburi (for Oyashirazu>>) ETR Nihonkai Hisui Line (for Etchū-Miyazaki<<) Ichiburi Oyashirazu Ōmi Itoigawa Echigo Oshiage Hisui Kaigan Kajiyashiki Uramoto Nō Tsutsuishi Nadachi Arimagawa Tanihama Naoetsu See also: Hokuriku Shinkansen *: Rapid service stops | **: Ainokaze Liner stops | bold: Shirasagi/Thunderbird stops #: On the Hapi-Line Fukui Line, all Rapid services stop at Nanjō, except for one round trip, which stops at Imajō instead.

v t e Stations of the Ōito Line (Minami-Otari - Itoigawa) Minami-Otari Nakatsuchi Kita-Otari Hiraiwa Kotaki Nechi Kubiki-Ōno Himekawa Itoigawa

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