Echigo-Suhara Station

Echigo-Suhara Station (越後須原駅, Echigo-Suhara-eki) is a railway station in Uonuma, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Echigo-Suhara Station 越後須原駅
Echigo-Suhara Station in August 2013
General information
Location	1419 Suhara, Uonuma-shi, Niigata-ken Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Tadami Line
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Other information
Website	www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=274
History
Opened	1 November 1942
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Uonuma-Tanaka towards Koide Tadami Line Kamijō towards Aizu-Wakamatsu
Location Echigo-Suhara Station Location within JR Tadami Line Show map of JR Tadami Line Echigo-Suhara Station Echigo-Suhara Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Echigo-Suhara Station is served by the Tadami Line, and is 121.1 kilometers from terminus of the line at Aizu-Wakamatsu.

Station layout

The station consists of one ground-level side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended.

History

Echigo-Suhara Station opened on 1 November 1942, as an intermediate station on the initial western section of the Tadami Line between Koide and Ōshirakawa.^[1] Along with the rest of the Tadami Line, the station came under the ownership of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) in 1949, and was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987.

Surrounding area

• former Sumon village hall
• Suhara Ski Resort
• Sumon Middle School
• Sumon Elementary School

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan