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Yoshida Station

Yoshida Station
吉田駅
Yoshida 040703.jpg
Yoshida Station in July 2004
Location Yoshida-Tsutsumi-chō, Tsubame-shi, Niigata-ken 959-0237
Japan
Operated by JR logo (east).svg JR East
Line(s)
Platforms 1 side + 2 island platforms
Tracks 5
Other information
Website www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=1643
History
Opened 25 August 1912
Traffic
Passengers (FY2015) 1,580 daily
Location
Yoshida Station is located in Japan
Yoshida Station
Yoshida Station
Location within Japan

Yoshida Station (吉田駅 Yoshida-eki?) is a railway station in Tsubame, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Yoshida Station is served by the Yahiko Line, and is 4.9 kilometers from terminus of the line at Yahiko. It is also served by the Echigo Line and is 49.8 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kashiwazaki.

The station consists of one side platform and two island platforms serving five tracks. The platforms ate connected by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. The station has toilets and a concessions store.

The station opened on 25 August 1912. Then station was renamed Nishi-Yoshida Station (西吉田駅?) on 20 April 1913, but reverted to its original name on 1 October 1959. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 1,580 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Coordinates: 37°41′14″N 138°52′43″E / 37.68714°N 138.87868°E / 37.68714; 138.87868


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