Shinza Station
railway station in Tokamachi, Niigata prefecture, Japan
Shinza Station (しんざ駅, Shinza-eki) is a railway station on the Hokuhoku Line in the city of Tōkamachi, Niigata, Japan, operated by the third-sector rail operator Hokuetsu Express.
Lines
Shinza Station is served by the Hokuhoku Line, and is located 14.4 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Muikamachi.
Station layout
The station has a single ground-level side platform serving one bi-directional track. The station is unattended.
Adjacent stations
History
Shinza Station opened on 22 March 1997, coinciding with the opening of the Hokuhoku Line.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 102 passengers daily.
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This entry incorporates text from “Shinza Station” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.