Echigo-Akatsuka StationEchigo-Akatsuka Station is a railway station on the Echigo Line in Nishi-ku, Niigata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company.WWW jreast.co.jp/estation/sta...LinesEchigo-Akatsuka Station is served by the Echigo Line, and is from starting point of the line at.Station layoutThe station consists of a ground-level island platform serving two tracks. The station is unattended. Suica farecard can be used at this station.HistoryThe station opened on 25 December 1914. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.Surrounding area Niigata University of International and Information Studies Sakata Lagoon