Station

Nagatori

長鳥

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Nagatori
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Timetable information

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Location

History

Nagatori opened on 1 September 1943 as the Nagatori Signal Post of the Ministry of Railways and was upgraded to a full station on 15 December 1953, taking the name Nagatori Station. Located in the Nishi-Nagatori district of Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, it lies on the Shin'etsu Main Line, 50.8 kilometres from the line's terminus at Naoetsu. Parcel handling ended and the station was destaffed on 1 December 1971. Operations passed to JR East on 1 April 1987 with privatisation. The single island platform stands on an embankment, with the station building directly beneath it at ground level, reached by an underground passage.

Notes

Until the Shōwa 40s (1965–1974) the station was the rail access for the Sakata-kan inn at the Nagatori Kōsen mineral spring, which drew many guests by train; the inn was forced to vacate for the double-tracking of the Shin'etsu Main Line and went out of business.

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