Tsutsuishi Station

Tsutsuishi Station 筒石駅
Tsutsuishi Station in March 2010
General information
Location	928 Otani, Senno, Itoigawa City, Niigata Prefecture 949-1302 Japan
Coordinates	37°07′39″N 138°03′38″E / 37.1276°N 138.0606°E / 37.1276; 138.0606
Operated by	Echigo TOKImeki
Line(s)	Nihonkai Hisui Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
History
Opened	16 December 1912; 112 years ago (1912-12-16)
Passengers
FY2021	17 daily
Services
Preceding station Echigo TOKImeki Following station Nō towards Ichiburi Nihonkai Hisui Line Nadachi towards Naoetsu
Location Tsutsuishi Station Location within Niigata Prefecture Show map of Niigata Prefecture Tsutsuishi Station Tsutsuishi Station (Central Japan) Show map of Central Japan Tsutsuishi Station Tsutsuishi Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Tsutsuishi Station (筒石駅, Tsutsuishi-eki) is a railway station in Itoigawa, Niigata, Japan, operated by Echigo Tokimeki Railway.

Tsutsuishi Station is served by the Nihonkai Hisui Line, and is 40.9 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Ichiburi and 335.4 kilometers from Maibara Station.

The station consists of two opposed side platforms located inside the 11,353 meters (37,247 ft) long Kubiki Tunnel, 40 meters (130 ft) below ground, connected to the entrance gate by 290 steps. There is only a stairway, with no elevator or escalator. Due to the air pressure generated by passing trains, access to the platform is limited and a protected waiting room with heavy metal doors keep passengers safe from typhoon-like wind. Average daily ridership at this station is approximately 60, mostly students.^[1]

The station opened on December 16, 1912, as part of the Japanese Government Railways (JGR, JNR after 1949). On October 1, 1969, a new Tsutsuishi Station was opened. On April 1, 1987, with the privatization of JNR, JR West took over control of this station.

From 14 March 2015, with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from Nagano to Kanazawa, local passenger operations over sections of the Shinetsu Main Line and Hokuriku Main Line running roughly parallel to the new Shinkansen line were reassigned to third-sector railway operating companies.^[2] From this date, Tsutsuishi Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company Echigo Tokimeki Railway.

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 23 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[3]

• Tsutsuishi fishing port
• Tsutsuishi Post Office
• Isobe Elementary School

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  March 2010
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  Branch between Lower and upper platforms, March 2010
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  Platform waiting room. When trains arrive, the display turns on and sounds are alarmed, March 2010
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  Platform for Naoetsu, March 2010

• List of railway stations in Japan

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