Iwappara-Skiing Ground Station
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Echigo-Nakazato towards Takasaki | Jōetsu Line | Echigo-Yuzawa towards Nagaoka |
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![]() ![]() Iwappara-Skiing Ground Station Location within Japan |
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).
Lines
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]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Japan Railfan Club Niigata Branch, ed. (30 June 2015). 新潟県鉄道全駅 増補改訂版 [The databook of all railroad stations in Niigata (Revised edition)] (in Japanese). Japan: Niigata Nippo Jigyousha Corp. p. 169. ISBN 978-4-86132-606-6.
- ^ a b c Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Japan: JTB. pp. 452–453. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
External links
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- Official website (in Japanese)
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- Takasaki
- Takasakitonyamachi
- Ino
- Shin-Maebashi
- Gumma-Sōja
- Yagihara
- Shibukawa
- Shikishima
- Tsukuda
- Iwamoto
- Numata
- Gokan
- Kamimoku
- Minakami
- Yubiso
- Doai
- Tsuchitaru
- Echigo-Nakazato
- Iwappara-Skiing Ground
- Echigo-Yuzawa
- (Gala-Yuzawa)
- Ishiuchi
- Ōsawa
- Jōetsu International Skiing Ground
- Shiozawa
- Muikamachi
- Itsukamachi
- Urasa
- Yairo
- Koide
- Echigo-Horinouchi
- Kita-Horinouchi
- Echigo-Kawaguchi
- Ojiya
- Echigo-Takiya
- Miyauchi
- (Nagaoka)