Timetable information
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Location
History
Terao Station opened on 20 October 1914 as a halt of the Echigo Railway, inserted between Sekiya and Uchino, and was upgraded to a full station on 25 March 1918. The Echigo Railway was nationalised on 1 October 1927, placing the station on the state-owned Echigo Line. Freight handling ended on 15 March 1960. The station was rebuilt around 1986 with an overhead station building above the tracks, adding a new north entrance, and it passed to JR East at the 1 April 1987 privatisation. Track ballast washed out between Terao and Kobari during the 4 August 1998 Niigata heavy-rain disaster. Automatic ticket gates began operating on 20 January 2005, Suica IC service became available on 21 January 2006, and lifts were installed on the platform and at the south entrance in December 2007. The station serves as a daytime passing point.
Notes
Just west of the station, a level crossing over Niigata Prefectural Route 44 is named Nōen Fumikiri ("farm-garden level crossing") — a relic of the time it was built, when a horticultural farm that later became Niigata Yūen amusement park stood next to it.
Sources
- Wikipedia (日本語) (opens in a new tab)
- Photo: Mister0124 · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Last updated: 2026-05-18