Saigata Station

Railway station in Jōetsu, Niigata Prefecture, Japan

Saigata Station

犀潟駅

Saigata Station in July 2004

General information
Location| 600-1 Saigata, Ōgata-ku, Jōetsu-shi, Niigata-ken 949-3116
Coordinates| 37°12′37″N 138°18′16″E﻿ / ﻿37.2103°N 138.3045°E﻿ / 37.2103; 138.3045
Operated by|

* JR East
* Hokuetsu Express

Line(s)|

* ■ Shinetsu Main Line
* ■ Hokuhoku Line

Platforms| 1 island + 1 side platform
Other information
Status| Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Website| www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=720
History
Opened| 13 May 1897; 128 years ago (1897-05-13)
Passengers
FY2017| 700 (daily)
Services
| Preceding station  |  JR East | Following station

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Naoetsu

Terminus

|  | Shin'etsu Main Line

Rapid

|  | Kakizaki

towards Niigata

Kuroi

towards Naoetsu

|  | Shin'etsu Main Line

Local

|  | Dosokohama

towards Niigata

Preceding station  | Hokuhoku Express  | Following station
Kuroi

(limited service)

towards Naoetsu

|  | Hokuhoku Line

Local[1]

|  | Kubiki

towards Echigo-Yuzawa

Location

Saigata Station

Location within JR Shinetsu Main Line

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Saigata Station

Saigata Station (Hokuhoku Line)

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Saigata Station

Saigata Station (Japan)

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Saigata Station (犀潟駅, Saigata-eki) is a railway station in the city of Jōetsu, Niigata, Japan.

## Lines

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Saigata Station is served by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) Shinetsu Main Line and is 7.1 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Naoetsu Station. It is also served by the Hokuetsu Express Hokuhoku Line and is 59.7 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Muikamachi.

## Station layout

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The station has one island platform and one side platform, connected by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

### Platforms

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1 | ■ Shinetsu Main Line | for Kashiwazaki, Nagaoka, and Niigata

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2 | ■ Hokuhoku Line | for Echigo-Yuzawa, Muikamachi, Tōkamachi, and Naoetsu
3 | ■ Shinetsu Main Line  | for Naoetsu, Arai, Myōkō-Kōgen, Toyono, and Nagano

## History

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The station opened on 13 March 1897. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

## Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 700 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

## Surrounding area

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* National Route 8
* Ogata Post Office

## References

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1. ^ "Timetable｜Hokuetsu Express Co., Ltd". hokuhoku-line.jp. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
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

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saigata Station.

* JR East Saigata Station (in Japanese)
* Hokuetsu Express Saigata Station (in Japanese)

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Stations of the Shin'etsu Main Line and related lines

Shin'etsu Main Line (1997-present)|

* Takasaki
* Kita-Takasaki
* Gumma-Yawata
* Annaka
* Isobe
* Matsuida
* Nishi-Matsuida
* Yokokawa

Railway abandoned|

* Yokokawa
* Karuizawa (served by JR Bus Kanto Usui Line)

Shinano Railway Line|

* Karuizawa
* Naka-Karuizawa
* Shinano-Oiwake
* Miyota
* Hirahara
* Komoro
* Shigeno
* Tanaka
* Ōya
* Shinano-Kokubunji
* Ueda
* Nishi-Ueda
* Tekuno-Sakaki
* Sakaki
* Togura
* Chikuma
* Yashiro
* Yashiro Kōkō-mae
* Shinonoi (for Nagano>>)

Shin'etsu Main Line (1997-present)|

* (for Shiojiri<<)(for Karuizawa<<) Shinonoi
* Imai
* Kawanakajima
* Amori
* Nagano (for Myōkō-Kōgen>>)

Shinano Railway Kita-Shinano Line|

* (for Shinonoi<<) Nagano
* Kita-Nagano
* Sansai
* Toyono
* Mure
* Furuma
* Kurohime
* Myōkō-Kōgen

ETR Myōkō Haneuma Line|

* Myōkō-Kōgen
* Sekiyama
* Nihongi
* Arai
* Kita-Arai
* Jōetsumyōkō
* Minami-Takada
* Takada
* Kasugayama
* Naoetsu (for Niigata>>)

Shin'etsu Main Line (2015-present)|

* (for Jōetsumyōkō<<) Naoetsu
* Kuroi
* Saigata (for Echigo-Yuzawa>>)
* Dosokohama
* Katamachi
* Jōgehama
* Kakizaki
* Yoneyama
* Kasashima
* Ōmigawa
* Kujiranami
* Kashiwazaki
* Ibarame
* Yasuda
* Kitajō
* Echigo-Hirota
* Nagatori
* Tsukayama
* Echigo-Iwatsuka
* Raikōji
* Maekawa
* Miyauchi
* Nagaoka
* Kita-Nagaoka
* Oshikiri
* Mitsuke
* Obiori
* Tōkōji
* Sanjō
* Higashi-Sanjō
* Honai
* Kamo
* Hanyūda
* Tagami
* Yashiroda
* Furutsu
* Niitsu
* Satsukino
* Ogikawa
* Kameda
* Echigo-Ishiyama
* Niigata (for Shibata>>)

See also: Hokuriku Shinkansen, Joetsu Shinkansen
All stations are part of Shin'etsu Main Line prior to Oct 1 1997. bold: Shirayuki stops

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Stations of the Hokuetsu Express Hokuhoku Line

* Echigo-Yuzawa
* Jōetsu International Skiing Ground
* Shiozawa ←
* Muikamachi
* Uonuma-Kyūryō
* Misashima
* Shinza
* Tōkamachi
* Matsudai
* Hokuhoku-Ōshima
* Mushigawa-Ōsugi
* Uragawara
* Ōike-Ikoi-no-mori
* Kubiki
* Saigata
* → Naoetsu

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