Raikōji Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 来迎寺駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | 2727-3 Raikōji, Nagaoka-shi, Niigata-ken 949-5411 |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Shin'etsu Main Line |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Tracks: | 2 |
Status: | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) |
Passengers: | 556 daily (FY2017) |
Map Type: | JR Shin'etsu Main Line#Japan |
is a railway station in the city of Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Raikōji Station is served by the Shin'etsu Main Line and is 63.6 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Naoetsu Station.
The station consists of two ground-level opposed side platforms connected by a footbridge, serving two tracks. It has a Midori no Madoguchi-staffed ticket office.
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.
In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 556 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]