Echigo-Katakai Station
# Echigo-Katakai Station

Echigo-Katakai Station (越後片貝駅, Echigo-Katakai-eki) is a railway station in the village of Sekikawa, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

## Lines

Echigo-Katakai Station is served by the Yonesaka Line, and is located 73.1 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Yonezawa Station.

## Station layout

The station has one ground-level side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended, but the station building also serves as a local public assembly hall.

## History

Echigo-Katakai Station opened on 30 November 1933. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987.

## Surrounding area

* National Route 113
* Arakawa River
