Echigo-Kanamaru Station

Echigo-Kanamaru Station (越後金丸駅, Echigo-Kanamaru-eki) is a railway station in the village of Sekikawa, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Echigo-Kanamaru Station

越後金丸駅
Echigo-Kanamaru Station in August 2004
General information
LocationKanamaru, Sekikawa-mura, Iwafune-gun, Niigata-ken 959-3228
Japan
Coordinates38°4′0.08″N 139°39′48.71″E
Operated by JR East
Line(s)■ Yonesaka Line
Distance67.8 km from Yonezawa
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened30 November 1933
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Echigo-Katakai
towards Sakamachi
 Yonesaka Line Oguni
towards Yonezawa
Location
Echigo-Kanamaru Station is located in Japan
Echigo-Kanamaru Station
Echigo-Kanamaru Station
Location within Japan

Lines

Echigo-Kanamaru Station is served by the Yonesaka Line, and is located 67.8 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Yonezawa Station.

Station layout

The station had two opposed ground-level side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. Sometime in early 2018 the switch's (severed north and south of the station) connecting to the side track which serviced the western platform was removed and the footbridge taken down while the eastern platform is still in use. The station is unattended.

Platforms
1 ■ Yonesaka Line for Oguni, Iwaizumi and Yonezawa
2 ■ Yonesaka Line for Echigo-Shimoseki and Sakamachi

History

Echigo-Kanamaru Station opened on 30 November 1933. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987.

Surrounding area

See also
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