Ōmigawa Station
Ōmigawa Station 青海川駅 | |||||||||||
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![]() Ōmigawa Station in June 2009 | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Ōmigawa, Kashiwazaki-shi, Niigata-ken 949-3661 Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 37°20′47″N 138°29′11″E / 37.3463°N 138.4864°E | ||||||||||
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Line(s) | ■ Shin'etsu Main Line | ||||||||||
Distance | 29.6 km to Naoetsu | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 28 July 1899 | ||||||||||
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Ōmigawa Station (青海川駅, Ōmigawa-eki) is a railway station on the Shinetsu Main Line in the city of Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
[edit]Ōmigawa Station is served by the Shinetsu Main Line, and is 29.6 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Naoetsu.
Layout
[edit]The station is unstaffed and consists of two opposed side platforms connected by a footbridge.
- Platforms
- The view from train
Platforms
[edit]south | ■ Shin'etsu Main Line | for Naoetsu |
north | ■ Shin'etsu Main Line | for Kashiwazaki and Nagaoka |
History
[edit]The station was opened on 28 July 1899.[1] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Omigawa_Station_001.jpg/220px-Omigawa_Station_001.jpg)
On 17 July 2007, the station and line was damaged and blocked by a landslide caused by the 2007 Chūetsu offshore earthquake. The line reopened to traffic on 13 September 2007. A new station building was completed on 25 March 2008.
Surrounding area
[edit]- Ōmigawa Swimming Beach
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ JR East station information. Retrieved 8 February 2010. (in Japanese)
External links
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- JR East station information (in Japanese)