Uchino Station
railway station in Niigata, Niigata prefecture, Japan
Uchino Station (内野駅, Uchino-eki) is a railway station on the Echigo Line in Nishi-ku, Niigata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
Uchino Station is served by the Echigo Line, and is 70.3 kilometers from terminus of the line at Kashiwazaki.
Station layout
The station consists of two ground-level opposed side platforms, with an elevated station situated above the tracks.
The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office. Suica farecard can be used at this station.
Platforms
History
The station opened on 25 August 1912. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 2655 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
Culture and historical site
In March 2017, a monument in honor of composer Minoru Endo was erected in the plaza in front of Uchino Station in Nishi-ku, Niigata City. Songs by Minoru Endo can be played.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7876732. Authority coordinates are 37.858, 138.937. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1912, 1987 and 2017.
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This entry incorporates text from “Uchino 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.