Echigo-Kanamaru Station

Echigo-Kanamaru Station (越後金丸駅, Echigo-Kanamaru-eki) is a railway station in the village of Sekikawa, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Echigo-Kanamaru Station 越後金丸駅
Echigo-Kanamaru Station in August 2004
General information
Location	Kanamaru, Sekikawa-mura, Iwafune-gun, Niigata-ken 959-3228 Japan
Coordinates	38°4′0.08″N 139°39′48.71″E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Yonesaka Line
Distance	67.8 km from Yonezawa
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	30 November 1933
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Echigo-Katakai towards Sakamachi Yonesaka Line Oguni towards Yonezawa
Location Echigo-Kanamaru Station Location within Japan

Lines

Echigo-Kanamaru Station is served by the Yonesaka Line, and is located 67.8 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Yonezawa Station.

Station layout

The station had two opposed ground-level side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. Sometime in early 2018 the switch's (severed north and south of the station) connecting to the side track which serviced the western platform was removed and the footbridge taken down while the eastern platform is still in use. The station is unattended.

Platforms

1	■ Yonesaka Line	for Oguni, Iwaizumi and Yonezawa
2	■ Yonesaka Line	for Echigo-Shimoseki and Sakamachi

History

Echigo-Kanamaru Station opened on 30 November 1933. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987.

Surrounding area

• National Route 113
• Sekikawa village hall

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

• JR East Station information (in Japanese)