Ōmigawa Station

Ōmigawa Station
青海川駅
Station building, June 2009
Location
Prefecture Niigata
(See other stations in Niigata)
City Kashiwazaki
Neighborhood etc. Ōmigawa
(in Japanese)新潟県柏崎市青海川
History
Year opened 1899
Rail services
Operator(s) JR East

Ōmigawa Station (青海川駅 Ōmigawa-eki) is a railway station in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Ōmigawa Station is served by the Shin'etsu Main Line.

Layout

The station is unstaffed and consists of two side platforms.

History

The station was opened on 28 July 1899.[1]

Station and track blocked by landslide, July 2007

On 17 July 2007, the station and line was damaged and blocked by a landslide caused by the 2007 Chūetsu offshore earthquake. The line reopened to traffic on 13 September 2007. A new station building was completed on 25 March 2008.

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Shin'etsu Main Line
Kasashima - Kujiranami

See also

References

  1. JR East station information. Retrieved 8 February 2010. (Japanese)

External links

Coordinates: 37°20′47″N 138°29′11″E / 37.3463°N 138.4864°E