Toyosaka Station
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Toyosaka Station
豊栄駅 |
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South side of Toyosaka Station, May 2008
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| Location | 1 Hakushin-cho, Kita, Niigata, Niigata （新潟県新潟市北区白新町1丁目） Japan |
| Operated by | JR East |
| Line(s) | Hakushin Line |
| History | |
| Opened | 1952 |
| Previous names | Kuzutsuka (until 1976) |
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| Passengers (FY2013) | 3,844 daily |
Toyosaka Station (豊栄駅 Toyosaka-eki?) is a railway station on the Hakushin Line in Kita-ku, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[1]
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Lines
Toyosaka Station is served by the Hakushin Line between Niigata and Shibata.
Station layout
The station consists of a side platform (1) and an island platform (2/3) serving three tracks, with the station situated above the tracks. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.
Platforms
| 1/2 | ■ Hakushin Line | for Shibata and Niigata (bidirectional) |
| 3 | ■ Hakushin Line | for Niigata |
Platform 3 is predominantly used for local Hakushin Line services terminating at this station.
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
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| Hakushin Line | ||||
| Niigata | Inaho | Shibata | ||
| Niigata | Rapid | Shibata | ||
| Hayadōri | Local | Kuroyama | ||
History
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The station opened on 23 December 1952 as Kuzutsuka Station (葛塚駅?), forming the terminus of Hakushin Line from Shibata. It was renamed Toyosaka Station on 1 April 1976. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.
From 22 March 1997, some limited express Inaho services began stopping at Toyosaka. A new station building opened on 25 March 2006.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2013, the station was used by an average of 3,844 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | Daily average |
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| 2000 | 3,285[3] |
| 2005 | 3,157[4] |
| 2010 | 3,581[5] |
| 2013 | 3,844[2] |
References
- ↑ JR East station information page. Retrieved on 8 September 2014. (Japanese)
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External links
- JR East station information page (Japanese)
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