Hakusan Station (Niigata)

Hakusan Station
白山駅

North entrance of Hakusan Station
Location 2-647 Hakusan-ura, Chūō-ku, Niigata-shi, Niigata-ken 951-8131
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Echigo Line
Distance 80.7 km from Kashiwazaki
Platforms 2 island platforms
Other information
Website www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=1215
History
Opened 1951
Traffic
Passengers (FY2015) 5,437 daily
Location
Hakusan Station
Location within Japan

Hakusan Station (白山駅 Hakusan-eki) is a railway station on the Echigo Line in Chūō-ku, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[1]

Lines

Hakusan Station is served by the Echigo Line, and is 80.7 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Kashiwazaki Station.

Station layout

The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket counter.[1]

Platforms

1/2  Echigo Line for Niigata
3/4  Echigo Line for Uchino and Yoshida

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Echigo Line
Sekiya Local Niigata

History

The station opened on 15 December 1951.[1] 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 5,437 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year Daily average
2000 6,004[3]
2005 5,267[4]
2010 5,363[5]
2011 5,147[6]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 各駅情報(白山駅) [Station Information: Hakusan] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  2. 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). East Japan Railway Company. 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  3. 各駅の乗車人員 (2000年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  4. 各駅の乗車人員 (2005年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  5. 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [FY2010 Station passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  6. 各駅の乗車人員 (2011年度) [FY2011 Station passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
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