Timetable information
Known weekday departures: 16/day · Known Sat & holiday departures: 16/day
First / last known departure (weekday): 6:21 / 21:18
Busiest hour (known departures): 6:00–7:00 (2)
0:00 ─ 23:00
Figures are the departures known from the timetable data, not a count of today's actual service.
Timetable data as of 3 May 2026 (retrieved in spring/summer 2026).
Adjacent stations
- Joetsu Line: Iwappara-Ski-jo-mae ⇄ Tsuchitaru
Location
History
Echigo-Nakazato Station opened on 1 September 1931 on the Jōetsu Line, in what is now the town of Yuzawa, Minamiuonuma District, Niigata Prefecture. The station sits 87.4 kilometres from the starting point of the Jōetsu Line at Takasaki, and is the gateway to the Echigo-Nakazato ski resort. A new station building was completed in 1980. Upon the privatisation of the Japanese National Railways on 1 April 1987 the station came under the control of East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It has one island platform and one side platform, connected by a footbridge, and is unattended.
Notes
The station serves as the access point for the Echigo-Nakazato Ski Resort.
Sources
- Wikipedia (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Photo: Mister0124 · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Last updated: 2026-09-02