Echigo-Yuzawa

Weekday departures: 93/day · Sat & holiday departures: 99/day

First / last departure (weekday): 6:10 / 22:40

Busiest hour: 9:00–10:00 (8)

0:00 ─ 23:00

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

Timetable data as of 17 April 2026 to 3 May 2026: the timetables behind these figures were retrieved on different dates.

• Joetsu Shinkansen: Urasa ⇄ Jomo-Kogen
• Joetsu Line: Ishiuchi ⇄ Iwappara-Ski-jo-mae

Echigo-Yuzawa Station opened on 1 November 1925 when the Joetsu North Line (the present Joetsu Line) was extended from Shiozawa to the station as its temporary terminus. The line reached Minakami in September 1931, making the station an intermediate stop, and the Joetsu Shinkansen entered service through it on 15 November 1982. The station passed from Japanese National Railways to JR East at privatisation on 1 April 1987. A short branch to Gala-Yuzawa for ski traffic opened on 20 December 1990. From 1997 until 2015 the station was the terminus of the Hakutaka limited expresses running via the Hokuhoku Line toward Kanazawa.

Inside the CoCoLo Yuzawa station building, the Ponshu-kan complex offers sake from breweries across Niigata Prefecture alongside an indoor bath that blends the local onsen water with sake.