Kobari

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Kobari Station opened on 1 June 1960 as a passenger-only halt on the JNR Echigo Line, inserted between Terao and Sekiya stations. The local community covered the full cost of construction, and the first station building was of concrete block. In 1966 the building was rebuilt and a passing loop entered service. With the electrification of the Echigo Line on 8 April 1984 the station was placed under contracted operation, and after a refurbishment in July 1986 it passed to JR East at the 1 April 1987 privatisation; a north entrance was added at the same time. Track ballast washed out between Kobari and Terao during the 4 August 1998 Niigata heavy-rain disaster. Refurbishment for accessibility and seismic resistance began in 2017, and lifts and a multifunction toilet on both sides of the gates entered service on 2 February 2019.

Because the station sits on the southern slope of the Niigata Sand Dunes, there is a height difference between the south entrance and the plaza in front of it, so a flight of steps runs up to the door.