Kamitokoro Station

Kamitokoro Station

上所駅
The south side of Kamitokoro Station in March 2025
General information
Location1-chōme-4 Shimotokorojima, Chūō-ku, Niigata-shi
Niigata-ken 950-0991
Japan
Coordinates37°54′25″N 139°2′43″E / 37.90694°N 139.04528°E / 37.90694; 139.04528
Operated by JR East
Line(s)■ Echigo Line
Distance82.3 km from Kashiwazaki
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2[1]
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened15 March 2025 (2025-03-15)
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station
Hakusan
towards Kashiwazaki
 Echigo Line Niigata
Terminus
Location
Kamitokoro Station
Location within Niigata Prefecture
Kamitokoro Station
Kamitokoro Station (Japan)

Kamitokoro Station (上所駅, Kamitokoro-eki) is a railway station on the Echigo Line in Chūō-ku, Niigata, Japan.[1] It is operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[2]

History

In February 2022, JR East and Niigata City agreed to build a station between Hakusan and Niigata on the Echigo Line.[3] On 19 April 2023, the Hokuriku-Shinetsu District Transport Bureau approved the planned establishment of the new station.[4]

The station name was finalised on 1 June 2023.[2] Construction started later that year,[5] to be completed after the end of 2024.[2] Kamitokoro Station actually opened on 15 March 2025.[6][7] The establishment was celebrated by the local residents as the first station establishment development in 4 years since the last case in Niigata prefecture of Echigo Oshiage Hisui Kaigan Station in 2021, in 20 years since the last case in Niigata city of Uchino-Nishigaoka Station in 2005, and in 83 years since the last case in (current) Chuo-ku of Keikin-mae Station (Niigata Kotsu Rail Line).

Timeline

  • 2017: Kamitokoro school district community council gathered approximately seventeen thousand signatures from the local residents to request the city government for establishment of the new station.[8]
  • 2018: The Niigata city government allocated a budget for the consideration of the new station establishment in the fiscal year 2018 budget.[9]
  • 2022
    • February 7: The basic agreement between the Niigata city government and JR East was established.[10] The end of fiscal 2024 was planned for the operational launch of the new station.[11]
    • October: The Niigata city government chose the most popular three naming options. The proposal by the city was based on the public inputs by the students and residents in the region. Three candidates were, "Kamitokoro" (上所), "Tokorojima" (所島), "Minami High School Mae" (南高校前). The proposal was presented to JR East in December.[12][13]
  • 2023
    • April 19: National government, Hokuriku-Shin'etsu District Transport Bureau, approved the new station establishment.[14]
    • June 1: Station name was formally announced as "Kamitokoro Station".[2]
  • 2025

Lines

Kamitokoro Station is served by the Echigo Line, and is located 1.6 kilometres from Hakusan and 1.5 kilometres from Niigata.[19] It is the west side of the Nishi-Kosenkyo overpass of the prefectural road 164, Hakusan station to Meike line.

The location of the tracks around this station was formerly shared by the industrial private lines for the Niigata Central Wholesale Market and the Nippon Light Metal plant until their discontinuation. The space was reused to make the Echigo line a double-track capacity. The additional space was repurposed for the west-bound track as a part of the grade separation improvements of the Echigo line.[20]

Station layout

The station has two opposed side platforms connected by an underpass.[1] The platforms are 125 metres long[3] and can accommodate trains that are at most six cars long.[7][3] In addition, elevators are installed.[3] It has a two-platform and two-track configuration. All local trains on the line stop at the station.[7] It was built to be an unstaffed station.[2][21]

Platforms

1 ■ Echigo Line for Uchino and Yoshida
2 ■ Echigo Line for Niigata


Surrounding area

  • Niigata Minami High School[2]
  • Niigata Unison Plaza[2]

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e f g "JR東日本、越後線白山～新潟間の新駅は「上所駅」2024年度末開業へ" [JR East to open "Kamitokoro Station" between Hakusan and Niigata on the Echigo Line at the end of fiscal year 2024]. Mynavi News (in Japanese). Japan. 1 June 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d "新潟市・JR東日本，越後線（仮称）上所新駅の設置に関する基本協定を締結" [Niigata City and JR East sign a basic agreement regarding the establishment of Kamitokoro Station on the Echigo Line (tentative name)]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 23 February 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  4. ^ "新潟～白山の新駅「上所（仮）」認可 2024年度末の開業に向け JR越後線" [Approval for JR Echigo Line "Kamitokoro (tentative)" Station between Niigata and Hakusan - opening at the end of fiscal 2024]. Traffic News (in Japanese). Japan: Mediavague Co., Ltd. 19 April 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  5. ^ "JR東日本、上所駅の外壁カラーを一般投票で決定 - 2024年度末開業" [JR East decides exterior wall colour of Kamitokoro Station through public voting - to open at the end of 2024]. Mynavi News (in Japanese). Japan. 18 March 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  6. ^ "JR越後線 新たに上所駅が開業 地元の人から喜びの声" [New Kamitokoro Station opens on JR Echigo Line, locals express joy]. NHK (in Japanese). Japan. 15 March 2025. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
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  11. ^ "新潟市とJR東日本が越後線の新潟駅・白山駅間に設置する新駅「（仮称）上所駅」に関する基本協定を締結". にいがた経済新聞. 7 February 2022. Archived from the original on 22 April 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  12. ^ "（仮称）上所駅の正式名称について". 新潟市. 5 December 2022. Archived from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  13. ^ 茂木克信 (1 December 2022). "上所・所島・南高校前 JR越後線の新駅名称に3案、来春に決定へ". 朝日新聞デジタル. Archived from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  14. ^ "越後線の新駅（仮称・上所駅）設置を認可しました！" (PDF) (Press release). 国土交通省北陸信越運輸局. 19 April 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 May 2023. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  15. ^ 日本放送協会. "ＪＲ越後線の上所駅 １５日の開業前に記念式典と内覧会｜NHK 新潟県のニュース". NHK NEWS WEB. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
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