is a railway station on the

Uetsu Main Line The is a railway line in the Tohoku and Chubu regions of Japan. Part of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) system, it connects Niitsu Station in the city of Niigata, Niigata, Niigata and Akita Station in Akita, Akita, Akita. The name "Uet ...

in the city of Tainai, Niigata, Japan, operated by

East Japan Railway Company The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in ...

(JR East).

Lines

Nakajō Station is served by the

and is 29.1 kilometers from the terminus of the line at .

Station layout

The station consists of one

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms, ...

and one

island platform An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway inte ...

connected by a footbridge. The station has a ''

Midori no Madoguchi , short for ''Magnetic-electronic Automatic'' ''Reservation System,'' is a train ticket reservation system used by the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and travel agencies in Japan. It was developed jointly by Hitachi and the former Ja ...

'' staffed ticket office.

Platforms

History

The station opened on 1 June 1914. With the privatization of

Japanese National Railways The , abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pre ...

(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 1191 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

*Tainai city hall * *Nakajo Post Office *Mizusawa Chemical Industry Nakajo Factory *Southern Illinois University Niigata campus site (closed) *Niigata Prefectural Nakajo High School *Tainai City Nakajo Junior High School *Tainai City Nakajo Elementary School *Kuraray Plastics

References

External links

JR East station information
Railway stations in Niigata Prefecture Uetsu Main Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1914 Tainai, Niigata {{Niigata-railstation-stub