Ojiya Station

Ojiya Station is a railway station on the Jōetsu Line in the city of Ojiya, Niigata, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company.

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Ojiya Station is served by the Jōetsu Line, and is located 149.4 kilometers from the starting point of the line at.

The station has one ground-level side platform and one island platform connected by a footbridge; however, one side of the island platform is not in use. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

The station opened on 1 November 1920, originally named Higashi-Ojiya Station to distinguish it from the existing Ojiya Station on the Uonuma Railway. It was renamed simply Ojiya Station on 1 August 1932 after the Uonuma Railway station was renamed Nishi-Ojiya Station in July 1932. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 1282 passengers daily.