Kita-Horinouchi

Weekday departures: 31/day · Sat & holiday departures: 31/day

First / last departure (weekday): 6:06 / 23:07

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: Echigo-Kawaguchi ⇄ Echigo-Horinouchi

Kita-Horinouchi Station traces back to the Echigo-Shimojima signal post, opened on 20 September 1944, which was promoted to a full station and renamed Kita-Horinouchi on 15 February 1950. Parcel handling ended in 1970, at which point the station became unstaffed. On 1 April 1987, with the privatization of Japanese National Railways, it passed to JR East. The current station building was completed in December 1998. The station has two opposed side platforms serving two tracks, connected by a footbridge; the station's facilities are concentrated in the building on the northern side, and the station is unstaffed, administered from Echigo-Yuzawa.