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Kamitokoro Station
is a railway station on the Echigo Line in Shimotokorojima 1-chome, Chūō-ku, Niigata, Japan. It is operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). History In February 2022, JR East and Niigata City agreed to build a station between Hakusan and Niigata on the Echigo Line. On 19 April 2023, the Hokuriku-Shinetsu District Transport Bureau approved the planned establishment of the new station. The station name was finalised on 1 June 2023. Construction started later that year, to be completed after the end of 2024. Kamitokoro Station actually opened on 15 March 2025. The establishment was celebrated by the local residents as the first station establishment development in 4 years since the last case in Niigata prefecture of Echigo Oshiage Hisui Kaigan Station in 2021, in 20 years since the last case in Niigata city of Uchino-Nishigaoka Station in 2005, and in 83 years since the last case in (current) Chuo-ku of Keikin-mae Station (). Timeline * 2017: Kamitokoro school dist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niigata (city)
is a city located in the northern part of Niigata Prefecture (). It is the capital and the most populous Cities of Japan, city of Niigata Prefecture, and one of the cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, located in the Chūbu region of Japan. It is the most populous city on the west coast of Honshu, and the second populous city in Chūbu region after Nagoya. It faces the Sea of Japan and Sado, Niigata, Sado Island. , the city had an estimated population of 779,049, and a population density of 1,072 persons per km2. The total area is . Greater Niigata, the Niigata Urban Employment Area, Metropolitan Employment Area, has a GDP of US$43.3 billion as of 2010. It is the only government-designated city on the west coast of Honshu. It has the greatest habitable area of cities in Japan (). It is designated as a reform base for the large scale agriculture under () initiatives. Overview Niigata was one of the cities incorporated by the legislation effective on April 1, 1889 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
