Yahiko Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 弥彦駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Yahiko, Yahiko-mura, Nishikanbara-gun, Niigata-ken 959-0323 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 37.6994°N 138.832°W |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Yahiko Line |
Distance: | 17.4 km from |
Platforms: | 1 side platform |
Tracks: | 1 |
Status: | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) |
Passengers: | 210 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2017 |
Map Type: | JR Yahiko Line#Japan |
is a railway station on the Yahiko Line in the village of Yahiko, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Yahiko Station is the terminus of the Yahiko Line, and is 17.4 kilometers from opposing terminus of the line at Higashi-Sanjō Station.
The station has a single ground-level side platform.
The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. Suica farecards can be used at this station.[1]
The station opened on 16 October 1916. 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 210 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]