Tsubame-Sanjō Station

Tsubame-Sanjō Station
燕三条駅
Location
Prefecture Niigata
(See other stations in Niigata)
City Sanjō
History
Year opened 1982
Rail services
Operator(s) JR East
Line(s) Jōetsu Shinkansen
Yahiko Line

Tsubame-Sanjō Station (燕三条駅 Tsubame-Sanjō-eki) is a railway station located in Sanjō, Niigata, Japan. The station sits directly on the border of the cities of Sanjō and Tsubame. As the station headquarters are located on the Sanjō side of the station, Tsubame-Sanjō Station is considered to be in Sanjō. The station opened on November 15, 1982.[1][2]

Tsubame-Sanjō Station offers access to the Iyahiko Shrine via the JR East Yahiko Line. The shrine, located in the town of Yahiko, was the ichinomiya, or highest shrine, of the ancient Echigo Province, and has numerous Important Cultural Properties of Japan.[2][3]

Lines

Adjacent stations

«Service»
Nagaoka   Jōetsu Shinkansen   Niigata
Tsubame   Yahiko Line   Kita-Sanjō

References

  1. Tsubame-Sanjō Station information (JR East)
  2. 2.0 2.1 日本の鉄道. 12, 新幹線: 東海道・山陽・東北・上越新幹線 [Japanese trains. 12, Shinkansen, Tōkaidō, San'yō, Tōhoku, Jōetsu Shinkansen]. 国鉄幹線 "車窓の旅" [Kokutetsu kansen "shasō no tabi"] (in Japanese). Tokyo: Yama to Keikokusha. 1984. p. 120. ISBN 9784635061421. OCLC 812424177.
  3. "弥彦神社" [Iyahiko Shrine]. Nihon Daihyakka Zensho (Nipponika) (in Japanese). Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012. OCLC 153301537. Retrieved 2012-10-10.

External links

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Coordinates: 37°38′52″N 138°56′19″E / 37.6477088°N 138.9387274°E