Echigo-Sone Station

Location
	Echigo-Sone Station Location within JR Echigo Line Echigo-Sone Station Echigo-Sone Station (Japan)

Echigo-Sone Station

越後曽根駅
Echigo-Sone Station; 越後曽根駅
	East side of the station, July 2004
General information
Location	Kawasaki, Nishikan-ku, Niigata-shi, Niigata-ken 959-0432; Japan
Coordinates	37°47′37″N 138°54′39″E / 37.7937°N 138.9109°E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■Echigo Line
Distance	62.4 km from Kashiwazaki
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Status	Staffed ( "Midori no Madoguchi" )
Website	Official website
History
Opened	25 August 1912
Passengers
FY2017	910 daily
Services
Location
Location
	Echigo-Sone Station Location within JR Echigo Line Echigo-Sone Station Echigo-Sone Station (Japan)

Echigo-Sone Station (越後曽根駅, Echigo-Sone-eki) is a train station in Nishikan-ku, Niigata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Echigo-Sone Station is served by the Echigo Line, and is 62.4 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Kashiwazaki Station.

Layout

Station interior, March 2019

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

1	■ Echigo Line	for Yoshida and Niigata (bidirectional)
2	■ Echigo Line	for Yoshida and Niigata (bidirectional)

History

The station opened on 25 August 1912 as Sone Station (曽根駅). It was renamed to its present name on 20 April 1913. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 910 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[2]

Surrounding area

Nishikawa Post Office
Sone Elementary School
Nishikawa Middle School

References

^ 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.
^ 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

JR East station information (in Japanese)

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[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.

[jreast2017stats-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.

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