Echigo-Takiya

Weekday departures: 33/day · Sat & holiday departures: 33/day

First / last departure (weekday): 5:49 / 22:50

Busiest hour: 7:00–8:00 (3)

0:00 ─ 23:00

Figures are typical departures in the timetable data, not a live service count.

Timetable data as of 3 May 2026.

• Joetsu Line: Miyauchi (Niigata) ⇄ Ojiya

Echigo-Takiya Station opened on 1 November 1920 as Muikaichi Station (六日市駅) when the Ministry of Railways opened the Miyauchi–Higashi-Ojiya section of the Jōetsu North Line, and was renamed Echigo-Takiya on 1 October 1925. Located in the Takiyamachi district of Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, the stop sits on what is now the Jōetsu Line. Freight handling ended on 15 December 1970 and parcel service on 1 February 1984; the middle passing track was removed in November 1984, and the station was destaffed on 14 March 1985. Operations passed to JR East on 1 April 1987 with privatisation. The 2004 Chūetsu earthquake damaged both the station building and platforms; the down line between Echigo-Kawaguchi and the station was restored on 25 March 2005, resuming double-track operation over the whole Jōetsu Line, and the damaged station building was rebuilt during 2005.

The current station building dates from the rebuilding after the 23 October 2004 Chūetsu earthquake, which damaged both the old building and the platforms.