Yoshida Station (吉田駅, Yoshida-eki) is a railway station in Tsubame, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Yoshida Station 吉田駅 | ||||||||||||||||
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 Yoshida Station in March 2020 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Yoshida-Tsutsumi-chō, Tsubame-shi, Niigata-ken 959-0237 Japan | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°41′14″N 138°52′43″E / 37.68714°N 138.87868°E | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | |||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 1 side 2 island platforms | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 5 | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) | |||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 25 August 1912 | |||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Nisei-Yoshida (1913 -1959) | |||||||||||||||
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| FY2017 | 1,514 daily | |||||||||||||||
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Lines
editYoshida Station is served by the Yahiko Line, and is 4.9 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Yahiko. It is also served by the Echigo Line and is 49.8 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kashiwazaki.
Station layout
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The station consists of one side platform and two island platforms serving five tracks. The platforms ate connected by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. The station has toilets and a concessions store.
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LED displays
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ Echigo Line | for Maki, Uchino, and Niigata |
| 2 | ■ Echigo Line | for Bunsui, Izumozaki, and Kashiwazaki |
| 3 | ■ Yahiko Line | for Tsubame, Tsubame-Sanjō, and Higashi-Sanjō |
| 4 | ■ Yahiko Line | for Yahiko |
| 5 | ■ Yahiko Line | (not normally used) |
History
editThe station opened on 25 August 1912.[1] Then station was renamed Nishi-Yoshida Station (西吉田駅) on 20 April 1913, but reverted to its original name on 1 October 1959.[2] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 1514 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | Daily average |
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| 2000 | 2,055[4] |
| 2005 | 1,721[5] |
| 2010 | 1,745[6] |
| 2015 | 1,580[7] |
Surrounding area
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See also
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edit- ^ 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 142. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
- ^ 週刊 JR全駅・全車両基地. 週刊朝日百科. Vol. 21号 新潟駅・弥彦駅・津南駅ほか. Asahi Shimbun Publishing. 2012-12-30. p. 22.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2017年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2017)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 （2000年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 （2005年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 （2010年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
- ^ 新潟県立吉田高等学校 [Niigata Prefectural Yoshida High School]. Official website (in Japanese). Japan. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
External links
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- Official website (in Japanese)