Saigata Station
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Saigata Station in July 2004
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Hokuetsu Express | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 1 island + 1 side platform | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 13 May 1897; 127 years ago (1897-05-13) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY2017 | 700 (daily) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Saigata Station (犀潟駅, Saigata-eki) is a railway station in the city of Jōetsu, Niigata, Japan.
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.
The station has one island platform and one side platform, connected by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
| 1 | ■ Shinetsu Main Line | for Kashiwazaki, Nagaoka, and Niigata |
| 2 | ■ Hokuhoku Line | for Echigo-Yuzawa, Muikamachi, Tōkamachi, and Naoetsu |
| 3 | ■ Shinetsu Main Line | for Naoetsu, Arai, Myōkō-Kōgen, Toyono, and Nagano |
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.
In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 700 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]
National Route 8
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Stations of the Hokuetsu Express Hokuhoku Line
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