Nishibukuro

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Nishibukuro Station began on 1 June 1944 as the Minami-Amarume Signal on the Uetsu Main Line, an outcome of repeated local petitions for a station that began in 1918. Passenger services ran from the signal post itself, and it was upgraded to a full station on 15 March 1950. Residents had asked for the name Izaai or Jūrokugō, after the historical village, but the chosen name reflected the Nishibukuro hamlet instead. Parcel handling ended and the station became unattended on 1 September 1972, and it transferred to JR East at the 1 April 1987 privatisation. The layout retains two opposed side platforms, a simple shelter and a 1950-built wooden waiting room on the second platform.