Raikōji Station

Raikōji Station 来迎寺駅
Raikōji Station, August 2015
Location	2727-3 Raikōji, Nagaoka-shi, Niigata-ken 949-5411 Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Shin'etsu Main Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Other information
Website	www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=1656
History
Opened	27 December 1898
Traffic

Passengers	527 daily (FY2015)
Location
Raikōji Station Location within Japan

Raikōji Station (来迎寺駅, Raikōji-eki) is a railway station in Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Raikōji Station is served by the Shin'etsu Main Line and is 63.6 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Naoetsu Station.

Station layout

The station consists of two ground-level opposed side platforms connected by a footbridge, serving two tracks. The station is has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1	■ Shin'etsu Main Line	for Kashiwazaki, Naoetsu
3	■ Shin'etsu Main Line	for Nagaoka, Niigata

Adjacent stations

«	Service
Shin'etsu Main Line
Kashiwazaki	Rapid	Miyauchi
Echigo-Iwatsuka	-	Maekawa

History

Raikōji Station opened on 27 December 1898. The present station building was completed in November 1979. The station was also served by the now-defunct Uonuma Line from 1911-1984, and the Nagaoka Line from 1921-1995. 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 2015, the station was used by an average of 527 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

Surrounding area

Raikōji Post Office
Koshiji Middle School
Koshiji Elementary School

References

↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Raikōji Station.

JR East station information (Japanese)

Stations of the Shinetsu Main Line

Takasaki–Yokokawa	Takasaki Kita-Takasaki Gumma-Yawata Annaka Isobe Matsuida Nishi-Matsuida Yokokawa

Shinonoi–Nagano	Shinonoi Imai Kawanakajima Amori Nagano

Naoetsu–Niigata	Naoetsu Kuroi Saigata Dosokohama Katamachi Jōgehama Kakizaki Yoneyama Kasashima Ōmigawa Kujiranami Kashiwazaki Ibarame Yasuda Kitajō Echigo-Hirota Nagatori Tsukayama Echigo-Iwatsuka Raikōji Maekawa Miyauchi Nagaoka Kita-Nagaoka Oshikiri Mitsuke Obiori Tōkōji Sanjō Higashi-Sanjō Honai Kamo Hanyūda Tagami Yashiroda Furutsu Niitsu Satsukino Ogikawa Kameda Echigo-Ishiyama Niigata

Coordinates: 37°23′49.85″N 138°47′0.61″E / 37.3971806°N 138.7835028°E / 37.3971806; 138.7835028

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