Kita-Arai Station
Kita-Arai Station is a railway station on the Myōkō Haneuma Line in the city of Myōkō, Niigata, Japan, operated by the third-sector operator Echigo Tokimeki Railway.
Lines
Kita-Arai Station is served by the Myōkō Haneuma Line, and is located 23.9 kilometers from the starting point of the line at and 61.2 kilometers from.Station layout
The station has a single ground-level side platform serving a bi-directional track. The station is unattended.History
Kita-Arai Station was opened on 15 July 1955. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.From 14 March 2015, with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from to, local passenger operations over sections of the Shinetsu Main Line and Hokuriku Main Line running roughly parallel to the new shinkansen line were reassigned to third-sector railway operating companies. From this date, Kita-Arai Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company Echigo Tokimeki Railway.