is a major railway station in Hanazono 1-chome, Chà «à Â-ku, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The station is in the center of Niigata City, the largest city on the Sea of Japan coast in Honshu. It forms the central station for the railway infrastructure along the Sea of Japan coast, and is also the terminus of the Jà Âetsu Shinkansen high-speed line from Tokyo. Niigata station has the largest passenger figure on the west coast of Honshu.
Niigata Station is served by the following lines.
The station has five island platforms on the elevated floor. Five tracks on the north side, the platforms 1/2, 3/4 and the track 5 are serving for the conventional narrow gauge lines. The opposing side of the track 5 on the center platform is solely used for the passengers transferring between Shinkansen trains on track 11 and the conventional line super express services. The two more elevated island platforms are serving four shinkansen tracks (11 to 14). The elevated station building has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket counter and "View Plaza" travel agency.
Niigata Station opened on 3 May 1904. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.
In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 37,461 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
Both the Bandai Entrance and the South Entrance have bus terminals. , the following transit bus line are on service.