Echigo-Tanaka Station
# Echigo-Tanaka Station

Echigo-Tanaka Station (越後田中駅, Echigo-Tanaka-eki) is a railway station in the town of Tsunan, Nakauonuma District, Niigata Prefecture, Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

## Lines

Echigo-Tanaka Station is served by the Iiyama Line, and is 54.9 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Toyono Station.

## Station layout

The station consists of one side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended.

## History

Echigo-Tanaka Station opened on 1 August 1927. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East. A new station building was completed in 1998.

## Surrounding area

* National Route 117
