Echigo Oshiage Hisui Kaigan Station

Echigo Oshiage Hisui Kaigan Station (えちご押上ひすい海岸駅, Echigo Oshiage Hisui Kaigan-eki) is a railway station in the city of Itoigawa, Niigata, Japan, operated by Echigo Tokimeki Railway.

Echigo Oshiage Hisui Kaigan Station

えちご押上ひすい海岸駅
Location2–107, Oshiage, Itoigawa-shi, Niigata-ken[1]
Japan
Coordinates37.048070°N 137.878340°E / 37.048070; 137.878340
Operated by Echigo Tokimeki Railway
Line(s)■ Nihonkai Hisui Line
Platforms2 island platforms
Tracks2
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
History
Opened13 March 2021
Services
Preceding station Echigo TOKImeki Following station
Itoigawa
toward Ichiburi
 Nihonkai Hisui Line Kajiyashiki
toward Naoetsu
Location
Echigo Oshiage Hisui Kaigan Station
Location within Niigata Prefecture
Echigo Oshiage Hisui Kaigan Station
Echigo Oshiage Hisui Kaigan Station (Japan)

Outline

Since Hokuriku Shinkansen was extended to Kanazawa Station, Hokuriku Main Line was transferred to public-private company, which is named Echigo Tokimeki Railway. After that, Niigata Prefecture and the railway company considered that install a new station[2] and they decided to install a new station which is tentatively named Oshiage Station because the railway company gets to cost-effectiveness by installing this station.[3] The company was allowed to install new station as "Oshiage Shineki" by MLIT in September 2019.[4] JRTT and the local government subsidized installing the new station.[5]

History
  • 2019：Permitted to install the new station which is tentatively named as Oshiage Shineki by Bureau of Hokuriku Transportation.[4][6]
  • 2020
    • On 14 March：Started constructing the new station[7]。
    • On 10 June – on 10 July：Invited entries for a station name[8][9]。
    • On 9 August：Determined a station name to Echigo Oshiage Hisui Kaigan Station.[8][10]。
  • On 13 March 2021：Open.[11][8][10]

Surrounding area

Hisui Coast

References
  1. About installing a new station
  2. "Overviews that there are probablies that install a new station" (PDF). えちごトキめき鉄道. 2 December 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  3. "There is a likelihood of increasing passengers who go to schools and hospitals located near the station". 『新潟日報』. 21 December 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  4. "えちごトキめき鉄道に新駅（仮称・押上新駅）が設置されます" (PDF) (Press release). 国土交通省北陸信越運輸局鉄道部. 12 September 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  5. "鉄道助成ガイドブック". JRTT. 2020. p. 35. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  6. "国交省、「押上新駅」設置を認可 トキ鉄 糸魚川－梶屋敷間". 新潟日報. 13 September 2019. Archived from the original on 25 April 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  7. "来年開業予定の新駅の工事安全祈願祭が実施されました。" (in Japanese). えちごトキめき鉄道. 29 May 2020. Archived from the original on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  8. "新駅名は「えちご押上ひすい海岸」トキ鉄、糸魚川に来年3月開業". 新潟日報. 9 August 2020. Archived from the original on 10 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  9. "トキ鉄「押上新駅」の名前考えて 糸魚川市 7月10日まで募集". 新潟日報. 16 June 2020. Archived from the original on 4 July 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  10. "日本海ひすいライン 糸魚川〜梶屋敷間の新駅の駅名決定について" (PDF) (Press release) (in Japanese). 糸魚川市／えちごトキめき鉄道. 9 August 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  11. "2021年3月ダイヤ改正について" (PDF) (Press release) (in Japanese). えちごトキめき鉄道. 18 December 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
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