Tsubame Station 燕駅 | |||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||
Location | 2 Tsubame Honcho, Tsubame-shi, Niigata-ken 959-128 Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 37°40′06″N 138°55′44″E / 37.6683°N 138.9289°E | ||||||||||
Operated by | JR East | ||||||||||
Line(s) | ■ Yahiko Line | ||||||||||
Distance | 10.3 km from Yahiko | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Status | Unmanned station (Automatic ticket vending machine installation) | ||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 20 April 1922 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
FY2015 | 1,040 daily | ||||||||||
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Tsubame Station (燕駅, Tsubame-eki) is a railway station located in Tsubame, Niigata, Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Tsubame Station is served by the Yahiko Line, and is 10.3 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Yahiko Station.
The station consists of two opposed ground-level side platforms serving two tracks. connected by a footbridge.
The station is unmanned, but there is an automatic ticket vending machine. Suica farecards can be used at this station.[1]
1 | ■ Yahiko Line | for Tsubame-Sanjō and Higashi-Sanjō |
2 | ■ Yahiko Line | for Yoshida and Yahiko |
Tsubame Station opened on 20 April 1922. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.
In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 1,040 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]