Echigo-Sone Station
# Echigo-Sone Station

Echigo-Sone Station (越後曽根駅, Echigo-Sone-eki) is a train station in Nishikan-ku, Niigata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

## Lines

Echigo-Sone Station is served by the Echigo Line, and is 62.4 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Kashiwazaki Station.

## Layout

The station consists of two ground-level opposed side platforms connected by a footbridge, serving two tracks.

The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office. Suica farecard can be used at this station.

### Platforms

| 1 | ■ Echigo Line | for Yoshida and Niigata (bidirectional) |
| - | - | - |
| 2 | ■ Echigo Line | for Yoshida and Niigata (bidirectional) |

## History

The station opened on 25 August 1912 as Sone Station (曽根駅). It was renamed to its present name on 20 April 1913. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

## Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 910 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

## Surrounding area

* Nishikawa Post Office
* Sone Elementary School
* Nishikawa Middle School
