Misashima Station

Misashima Station 美佐島駅
Misashima Stationing October 2006
Location	135 Uma, Tōkamachi-shi, Niigata-ken Japan
Operated by	Hokuetsu Express
Line(s)	■Hokuhoku Line
Platforms	1 side platform
History
Opened	1997
Location
Misashima Station Location within Japan

Misashima Station (美佐島駅, Misashima-eki) is a railway station located in Tōkamachi, Niigata, Japan, operated by the third sector Hokuetsu Express.

Lines

Misashima Station is a station on the Hokuhoku Line, and is located 12.2 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Muikamachi.

Station layout

Misashima Station platform

This station is noteworthy because the station building is on ground level and the single side platform is located 10.1 m (33 ft) below, inside a tunnel. The platform level is closed unless a local train is scheduled to arrive because of the strong winds generated by high pressure difference between the tunnel and the ground level. Passengers alighting at this station cannot loiter. They must leave the platform level within 2 minutes or PA system with monitoring camera will ask the passengers to leave immediately. There are two automatic doors, one on the ground level and another at the platform level. The automatic door on the ground level is locked, preventing access to the platform level, until the train driver remotely unlocks the door. The two automatic doors never open at the same time, again, to avoid creating strong winds caused by pressure gradient. There is an underground waiting room between the two doors with wooden bench, timetable, and a suggestion box. Above ground, the waiting room features tatami and is air-conditioned.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

The station opened on March 22, 1997.

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Misashima Station.

• Hokuetsu Express Station information (in Japanese)

Coordinates: 37°07′52″N 138°47′23″E / 37.1311°N 138.7898°E / 37.1311; 138.7898