Aōzu Station

Railway station in Tsubame, Niigata Prefecture, Japan

Preceding station	JR East			Following station
Bunsui towards Kashiwazaki		Echigo Line		Minami-Yoshida towards Niigata

Location
Aōzu Station Location within JR Echigo Line Show map of JR Echigo Line Aōzu Station Aōzu Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Aōzu Station (粟生津駅, Aōzu-eki) is a railway station in the city of Tsubame, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Aōzu Station is served by the Echigo Line, and is 45.8 kilometers from terminus of the line at Kashiwazaki.

Station layout

The station consists of one ground-level side platform serving a single bi-directional track.

The station is unattended. Suica farecard cannot be used at this station.^[1]

History

The station opened on 20 July 1914. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.^[2]

Surrounding area

National Route 114
Aōzu Elementary School

References

^ Suica＞利用可能エリア＞新潟エリア＞拡大図 [Suica Area in Niigata] (in Japanese). Japan: JR East. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
^ nakamara, Fumitoshi (January 2004). "The Japanese Experience with Railway Constructing" (PDF). nber.org. University of Chicago press. Retrieved 19 September 2016.