Wakinoda Station

脇野田駅
The station building in March 2013
General information
Location2 Yamato, Jōetsu, Niigata
（新潟県上越市大和2丁目）
Japan
Operated byJR East
Line(s)Shinetsu Main Line
History
Opened1921
Closed2014
Passengers
FY2013139 daily

Wakinoda Station (脇野田駅, Wakinoda-eki) was a railway station on the Shinetsu Main Line in Jōetsu, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It closed in 2014, replaced by the nearby Jōetsumyōkō Station.

Lines

Wakinoda Station was served by the Shinetsu Main Line. A new interchange station called Jōetsumyōkō Station was built close by, and this replaced Wakinoda Station when the Hokuriku Shinkansen opened in March 2015.[1]

Station layout

The station had a single ground-level island platform serving two tracks.

Platforms

1 ■ Shinetsu Main Line for Arai and Nagano
2 ■ Shinetsu Main Line for Naoetsu, Nagaoka, and Niigata

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Shinetsu Main Line
Rapid Myōkō: Does not stop at this station
Minami-Takada   Rapid Kubikino   Kita-Arai
Minami-Takada   Local   Kita-Arai

History

The new Jōetsumyōkō Station under construction, October 2013

Wakinoda Station opened on 15 August 1921.[2] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.[2]

From 19 October 2014, the station building and platforms were closed, and the station functions moved to the nearby structure, and became Jōetsumyōkō Station from 14 March 2015 when the Hokuriku Shinkansen opened for service.[3] Today, nothing remains of the former railway station - the station platforms and buildings were demolished for redevelopment, whilst the railway line was re-routed to stop at the new station. A portion of the old alignment of the line now has a road built along the former alignment.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, the station was used by an average of 139 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal yearDaily average
2000145[5]
2005135[6]
2010119[7]
2011122[8]
2012121[9]
2013139[4]

References

  1. ↑ Tokunaga, Yasushi (December 2013). 上越妙高駅に生まれ変わる脇野田駅 [Wakinoda Station to be reborn as Joetsu-Myoko Station]. Japan Railfan Magazine (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 53 (632): 26–27.
  2. 1 2 Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 581. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  3. ↑ 北陸新幹線開業で上越妙高駅に! 特急しらゆきと接続 - JR脇野田駅が移転へ [Becoming Jōetsumyōkō Station with opening of Hokuriku Shinkansen. Connections with Shirayuki express. JW Wakinoda Station to be moved.]. Mynavi News (in Japanese). Japan. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  4. 1 2 各駅の乗車人員 (2013年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2013)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  5. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2000年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2001. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  6. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2005年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2006. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  7. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  8. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2011年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  9. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2012年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2012)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2014.

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