is a seasonal railway station on the Gala-Yuzawa Line in the town of Yuzawa, Niigata, Japan. Operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East), the station serves the adjacent Gala Yuzawa ski resort and is open only during the winter ski season. The station opened on 20 December 1990.
Gala-Yuzawa Station is the sole station on the Gala-Yuzawa Line, a branch line from Echigo-Yuzawa Station. All passenger services are operated as extensions of JÃ Âetsu Shinkansen Tanigawa services to and from , and are classed as limited express services.
The station operates only during the winter ski season, typically from mid-December until early May.
, there are generally between 10 and 13 departures per day, with some services operating only on weekends or on specific dates. Selected weekend-only services may terminate at instead of Tokyo.
Journey times to are approximately 1 hour 17 minutes to 1 hour 37 minutes.
Outside train operating hours during the winter season, free shuttle buses operate between Gala-Yuzawa Station and Echigo-Yuzawa Station, where additional Shinkansen and conventional rail services are available.
The station consists of a single island platform serving two tracks. Facilities include a staffed Midori no Madoguchi ticket office, ticket vending machines, and automatic ticket gates.
The station entrance and exit are located inside the main building of the Gala Yuzawa Ski Resort, which is owned by the JR East Group.
In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 1,029 boarding passengers daily. The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.