Wakinoda Station

Wakinoda Station

脇野田わきのだ駅えき
Wakinoda Station; 脇野田わきのだ駅えき
	The station building in March 2013
General information
Location	2 Yamato, Jōetsu, Niigata; （新潟にいがた県けん上越じょうえつ市し大和やまと2丁目ちょうめ）; Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Shinetsu Main Line
History
Opened	1921
Closed	2014
Passengers
FY2013	139 daily

Wakinoda Station (脇野田わきのだ駅えき, Wakinoda-eki) was a railway station on the Shinetsu Main Line in Jōetsu, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It closed in 2014, replaced by the nearby Jōetsumyōkō Station.

Lines

Wakinoda Station was served by the Shinetsu Main Line. A new interchange station called Jōetsumyōkō Station was built close by, and this replaced Wakinoda Station when the Hokuriku Shinkansen opened in March 2015.^[1]

Station layout

The station had a single ground-level island platform serving two tracks.

Platforms

1	■ Shinetsu Main Line	for Arai and Nagano
2	■ Shinetsu Main Line	for Naoetsu, Nagaoka, and Niigata

Adjacent stations

«	Service
Shinetsu Main Line
Rapid Myōkō: Does not stop at this station
Minami-Takada	Rapid Kubikino	Kita-Arai
Minami-Takada	Local	Kita-Arai

History

Wakinoda Station opened on 15 August 1921.^[2] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.^[2]

From 19 October 2014, the station building and platforms were closed, and the station functions moved to the nearby structure, and became Jōetsumyōkō Station from 14 March 2015 when the Hokuriku Shinkansen opened for service.^[3] Today, nothing remains of the former railway station - the station platforms and buildings were demolished for redevelopment, whilst the railway line was re-routed to stop at the new station. A portion of the old alignment of the line now has a road built along the former alignment.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, the station was used by an average of 139 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[4] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	Daily average
2000	145^[5]
2005	135^[6]
2010	119^[7]
2011	122^[8]
2012	121^[9]
2013	139^[4]

References

^ Tokunaga, Yasushi (December 2013). 上越じょうえつ妙高みょうこう駅えきに生うまれ変かわる脇野田わきのだ駅えき [Wakinoda Station to be reborn as Joetsu-Myoko Station]. Japan Railfan Magazine (in Japanese). 53 (632). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd.: 26–27.
^ ^a ^b Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場ていしゃじょう変遷へんせん大だい辞典じてん国鉄こくてつ・JR編へん [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 581. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ 北陸ほくりく新幹線しんかんせん開業かいぎょうで上越じょうえつ妙高みょうこう駅えきに! 特急とっきゅうしらゆきと接続せつぞく - JR脇野田わきのだ駅えきが移転いてんへ [Becoming Jōetsumyōkō Station with opening of Hokuriku Shinkansen. Connections with Shirayuki express. JW Wakinoda Station to be moved.]. Mynavi News (in Japanese). Japan. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
^ ^a ^b 各駅かくえきの乗車じょうしゃ人員じんいん (2013年度ねんど) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2013)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
^ 各駅かくえきの乗車じょうしゃ人員じんいん (2000年度ねんど) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2001. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
^ 各駅かくえきの乗車じょうしゃ人員じんいん (2005年度ねんど) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2006. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
^ 各駅かくえきの乗車じょうしゃ人員じんいん (2010年度ねんど) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
^ 各駅かくえきの乗車じょうしゃ人員じんいん (2011年度ねんど) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
^ 各駅かくえきの乗車じょうしゃ人員じんいん (2012年度ねんど) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2012)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2014.

External links

JR East Wakinoda Station (in Japanese)

37°04′54″N 138°14′58″E / 37.08174167°N 138.2495306°E / 37.08174167; 138.2495306

[railfan632-1] Tokunaga, Yasushi (December 2013). 上越じょうえつ妙高みょうこう駅えきに生うまれ変かわる脇野田わきのだ駅えき [Wakinoda Station to be reborn as Joetsu-Myoko Station]. Japan Railfan Magazine (in Japanese). 53 (632). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd.: 26–27.

[teishajo1998-2] Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場ていしゃじょう変遷へんせん大だい辞典じてん国鉄こくてつ・JR編へん [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 581. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

[mynavi20140922-3] 北陸ほくりく新幹線しんかんせん開業かいぎょうで上越じょうえつ妙高みょうこう駅えきに! 特急とっきゅうしらゆきと接続せつぞく - JR脇野田わきのだ駅えきが移転いてんへ [Becoming Jōetsumyōkō Station with opening of Hokuriku Shinkansen. Connections with Shirayuki express. JW Wakinoda Station to be moved.]. Mynavi News (in Japanese). Japan. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014.

[jreast2013stats-4] 各駅かくえきの乗車じょうしゃ人員じんいん (2013年度ねんど) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2013)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014.

[jreast2000stats-5] 各駅かくえきの乗車じょうしゃ人員じんいん (2000年度ねんど) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2001. Retrieved 25 October 2013.

[jreast2005stats-6] 各駅かくえきの乗車じょうしゃ人員じんいん (2005年度ねんど) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2006. Retrieved 25 October 2013.

[jreast2010stats-7] 各駅かくえきの乗車じょうしゃ人員じんいん (2010年度ねんど) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2013.

[jreast2011stats-8] 各駅かくえきの乗車じょうしゃ人員じんいん (2011年度ねんど) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2013.

[jreast2012stats-9] 各駅かくえきの乗車じょうしゃ人員じんいん (2012年度ねんど) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2012)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2014.

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