Timetable information
Known weekday departures: 36/day · Known Sat & holiday departures: 36/day
First / last known departure (weekday): 5:26 / 23:10
Busiest hour (known departures): 6:00–7:00 (3)
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 11 May 2026 (retrieved in spring/summer 2026).
Location
History
Shinza Station opened on 22 March 1997, the day the Hokuhoku Line itself opened. Operated by the third-sector Hokuetsu Express, the station serves the city of Tōkamachi, Niigata and lies 14.4 kilometers from the line's starting point at Muikamachi. It is built around a single ground-level side platform along one bi-directional track and is unattended. In fiscal 2011 it averaged 102 passengers a day; Tōkamachi Elementary School and Tōkamachi Junior High School stand nearby.
Sources
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- Photo: キャンター · CC BY 3.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Last updated: 2026-09-02