Station

Oginojo

小木ノ城

Oginojo
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Train service

No publicly available departure data for this station.

Location

History

Oginojō Station is an unstaffed halt on the Echigo Line in the town of Izumozaki, Niigata Prefecture, operated by JR East. It opened on 25 June 1958 as a passenger-only request station of Japanese National Railways, established in response to a petition from local residents. With the privatisation of JNR on 1 April 1987 the station passed to JR East. The site has no station building, only a waiting shelter, and a single ground-level platform serving one track. The station takes its name from Oginojō, a nearby castle ruin roughly four kilometres distant, commemorated by a dedication monument on the platform.

Notes

A dedication stone beside the platform carries calligraphy by then Postmaster General Tanaka Kakuei, who later became Prime Minister.

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