Kasugayama Station 春日山駅
Kasugayama Station in March 2015
General information
Location	3-1-1 Kasugayamamachi, Jōetsu-shi, Niigata-ken 943-0807 Japan
Coordinates	37°08′53″N 138°14′06″E / 37.1481°N 138.2350°E / 37.1481; 138.2350
Operated by	Echigo Tokimeki Railway
Line(s)	■ Myoko Haneuma Line
Distance	34.9 km from Myōkō-Kōgen
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	26 October 1928
Passengers
FY2017	778 daily
Location
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Kasugayama Station (春日山駅, Kasugayama-eki) is a railway station on the Echigo Tokimeki Railway Myōkō Haneuma Line in the city of Jōetsu, Niigata, Japan operated by the third-sector operator Echigo Tokimeki Railway.

Lines

Kasugayama Station is served by the 37.7 km Echigo Tokimeki Railway Myōkō Haneuma Line from Myōkō-Kōgen to Naoetsu, and is located 34.9 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Myōkō-Kōgen and 72.2 kilometers from Nagano.

Station layout

The station has one side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is attended.^{[by whom?]}

Adjacent stations

History

The station opened on 26 October 1928. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

From 14 March 2015, with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from Nagano to Kanazawa, local passenger operations over sections of the Shinetsu Main Line and Hokuriku Main Line running roughly parallel to the new shinkansen line were reassigned to third-sector railway operating companies.^[1] From this date, Kasugayama Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company Echigo Tokimeki Railway.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 778 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[2]

Surrounding area

• Jōetsu City Office
• Site of Kasugayama Castle