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Iwappara-Skiing Ground Station
Railway station in Yuzawa, Niigata Prefecture, Japan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Iwappara-Skiing Ground Station (岩原スキー場前駅, Iwappara-Sukī-jō-mae-eki) is a railway station on the Joetsu Line in the town of Yuzawa, Minamiuonuma District, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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Iwappara-Skiing Ground Station is served by the Jōetsu Line, and is located 91.1 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Takasaki.
Station layout
The station has two ground-level opposed side platforms connected by an underground passage. The station is unattended.[1]
Platforms
| station side | ■ Jōetsu Line | for Minakami and Takasaki |
| opposite side | ■ Jōetsu Line | for Echigo-Yuzawa and Nagaoka |
History
The station first opened on 8 December 1933 as a temporary stop on the Joetsu Line.[2] It was closed in 1946 when the nearby ski slope was taken over by the allied occupation forces.[1] It reopened as a temporary stop on 20 December 1952, and from 1 September 1981, the station operated all year round.[2] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.[2]
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