Nishiyama Station (Niigata)

Nishiyama Station 西山駅
Nishiyama Station, October 2009
Location	Nishiyama-cho, Kashiwazaki-shi, Niigata （新潟県柏崎市西山町和田352 ) Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Echigo Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
History
Opened	1912
Location
Nishiyama Station Location within Japan

Nishiyama Station (西山駅, Nishiyama-eki) is a railway station in Kashiwazaki, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Nishiyama Station is served by the Echigo Line and is 12.8 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kashiwazaki Station.

Station layout

The station consists of a two opposed ground-level side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. However, normally The station is unattended.

Platforms

1	■ Echigo Line	for Yoshida, Niigata, for Kashiwazaki
2	■ Echigo Line	for Kashiwazaki (peak time only)

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Echigo Line
Kariwa		-	Raihai

History

Nishiyama Station opened on 11 November 1912. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East. A new station building was completed in 1992.

Surrounding area

Japan National Route 116
Nishiyama Post Office

External links

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JR East station information (Japanese)

Stations of the Echigo Line

Kashiwazaki Higashi-Kashiwazaki Nishi-Nakadōri Arahama Kariwa Nishiyama Raihai Ishiji Oginojō Izumozaki Myōhōji Ojimaya Kirihara Teradomari Bunsui Aōzu Minami-Yoshida Yoshida Kita-Yoshida Iwamuro Maki Echigo-Sone Echigo-Akatsuka Uchino-Nishigaoka Uchino Niigata Daigaku-mae Terao Kobari Aoyama Sekiya Hakusan Niigata

Coordinates: 37°26′54″N 138°38′30″E / 37.44833°N 138.64167°E / 37.44833; 138.64167

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