Station

Shinza

しんざ

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Shinza
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Timetable information

Weekday departures: 36/day · Sat & holiday departures: 36/day

First / last departure (weekday): 5:26 / 23:10

Busiest hour: 6:00–7:00 (3)


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

Timetable data as of 11 May 2026.

Adjacent stations

Location

History

Shinza Station opened on 22 March 1997, the day the Hokuhoku Line itself opened. Operated by the third-sector Hokuetsu Express, the station serves the city of Tōkamachi, Niigata and lies 14.4 kilometers from the line's starting point at Muikamachi. It is built around a single ground-level side platform along one bi-directional track and is unattended. In fiscal 2011 it averaged 102 passengers a day; Tōkamachi Elementary School and Tōkamachi Junior High School stand nearby.

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