Takada Station (Niigata)

Takada Station 高田駅
Takada Station in October 2019
General information
Location	4 Nakamachi, Jōetsu-shi, Niigata-ken 943-0831 Japan
Coordinates	37°06′54″N 138°14′32″E
Operated by	Echigo Tokimeki Railway
Line(s)	■ Myoko Haneuma Line
Distance	31.0 kilometres (19.3 mi) from Myōkō-Kōgen
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platforms
Tracks	3
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	15 August 1886
Passengers
FY2017	2,342 daily
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Takada Station (高田駅, Takada-eki) is a railway station in the city of Jōetsu, Niigata, Japan, operated by the third-sector operator Echigo Tokimeki Railway.

Lines

Takada Station is served by the 37.7 km Echigo Tokimeki Railway Myōkō Haneuma Line from Myōkō-Kōgen to Naoetsu, and is located 31.0 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Myōkō-Kōgen and 68.3 kilometers from Nagano.

Station layout

The station has one side platform and one island platform connected by a footbridge.

Entrance of the station, August 2020

Platforms

1	■ Myōkō Haneuma Line	for Myōkō-Kōgen, Arai and Niigata
2	■ Myōkō Haneuma Line	for Naoetsu
3	■ Myōkō Haneuma Line	(not used)

An overview of the station platforms in October 2012

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Myōkō Haneuma Line
Jōetsumyōkō		Shirayuki	Naoetsu
Minami-Takada		Local	Kasugayama

History

Takada Station opened on 15 August 1886. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East. From 14 March 2015, with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from Nagano to Kanazawa, local passenger operations over sections of the Shinetsu Main Line and Hokuriku Main Line running roughly parallel to the new shinkansen line were reassigned to third-sector railway operating companies.^[1] From this date, Takada Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company Echigo Tokimeki Railway.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 2,342 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[2]

Surrounding area

The station forecourt in October 2012

Central Takada in August 2020

• Takada Castle

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. Osano, Kagetoshi (March 2015). 　北陸新幹線並行在来線各社の姿 [Guide to companies operating conventional lines alongside the Hokuriku Shinkansen]. Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 44, no. 371. Japan: Kōtsū Shimbun. pp. 28–33.
2. 平成29年度の乗車状況（平成29年4月1日～平成30年3月31日）［各駅の１日平均乗車人員 [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2016)] (in Japanese). Japan: Echigo Tokimeki Railway Company. 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2018.

External links

Media related to Takada Station (Niigata) at Wikimedia Commons

• Echigo Tokimeki Railway Station information (in Japanese)
• Timetable for Takada Station (in Japanese)