Yoneyama Station
railway station in Kashiwazaki, Niigata prefecture, Japan
Yoneyama Station (米山駅, Yoneyama-eki) is a railway station in the city of Kashiwazaki, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
Yoneyama Station is served by the Shin'etsu Main Line and is 23.5 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Naoetsu.
Station layout
The station consists of two unnumbered ground-level opposed side platforms connected by a footbridge, serving two tracks. The station is unattended, but doubles as the local office of the Japan Agricultural Cooperatives (JA).
Platforms
History
Yoneyama Station opened on 13 May 1897 as Hassaki Station (鉢崎駅). The station was renamed to its present name on 20 March 1961. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.
The public source identifies “Yoneyama Station” as railway station in Kashiwazaki, Niigata prefecture, Japan. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Yoneyama, Station and railway.
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