Kobari Station

Railway station in Niigata, Japan

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Kobari Station

小針駅

A local train at track 2 in December 2013

General information
Location| 5-12 Kobariminamidai, Nishi-ku, Niigata-shi, Niigata-ken 950-2026
Japan
Coordinates| 37°53′23″N 138°59′29″E﻿ / ﻿37.8897°N 138.9914°E﻿ / 37.8897; 138.9914
Operated by|  JR East
Line(s)| ■ Echigo Line
Distance| 76.3 km from Kashiwazaki
Platforms| 2 side platforms
Other information
Status| Staffed ( "Midori no Madoguchi")
Website| Official website
History
Opened| 1 June 1960
Passengers
FY2017| 2,605 daily
Services
| Preceding station  |  JR East | Following station

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Terao

towards Kashiwazaki

|  | Echigo Line |  | Aoyama

towards Niigata

Location

Kobari Station

Location within JR Echigo Line

Show map of JR Echigo Line

Kobari Station

Kobari Station (Japan)

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Kobari Station (小針駅, Kobari-eki) is a railway station on the Echigo Line in Nishi-ku, Niigata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

## Lines[edit]

Kobari Station is served by the Echigo Line, and is 76.3 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Kashiwazaki Station.

## Layout[edit]

The south gate, December 2013

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

The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office. Suica farecard can be used at this station.[1]

### Platforms[edit]

1 | ■ Echigo Line | for Yoshida

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2 | ■ Echigo Line  | for Niigata

## History[edit]

The station opened on 1 June 1960. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

## Passenger statistics[edit]

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 2605 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

## Surrounding area[edit]

* Niigata Industrial High School
* Kobari Junior High School
* Kobari Elementary School

## See also[edit]

* List of railway stations in Japan

## References[edit]

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 17 November 2017.
2. ^ 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.

## External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kobari Station.

* JR East station information (in Japanese)

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Stations of the Echigo Line

* Kashiwazaki
* Higashi-Kashiwazaki
* Nishi-Nakadōri
* Arahama
* Kariwa
* Nishiyama
* Raihai
* Ishiji
* Oginojō
* Izumozaki
* Myōhōji
* Ojimaya
* Kirihara
* Teradomari
* Bunsui
* Aōzu
* Minami-Yoshida
* Yoshida
* Kita-Yoshida
* Iwamuro
* Maki
* Echigo-Sone
* Echigo-Akatsuka
* Uchino-Nishigaoka
* Uchino
* Niigata University
* Terao
* Kobari
* Aoyama
* Sekiya
* Hakusan
* Niigata

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