Maki Station (Niigata)

Maki Station (巻駅, Maki-eki) is a railway station in Nishikan-ku, Niigata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Maki Station 巻駅
The west side of Maki Station in March 2020
Location	Makikō, Nishikan-ku, Niigata-shi, Niigata-ken 953-0041 Japan
Coordinates	37.7569°N 138.8894°E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Echigo Line
Distance	57.8 km from Kashiwazaki
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Status	Staffed ("Midori no Madoguchi" )
Website	Official website
History
Opened	25 August 1912
Passengers
FY2017	2,394 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Iwamuro toward Kashiwazaki Echigo Line Echigo-Sone toward Niigata
Location
Maki Station Location within JR Echigo Line Maki Station Maki Station (Japan)

Lines

Maki Station is served by the Echigo Line, and is 57.8 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Kashiwazaki Station.

Layout

the gate, February 2015

The station consists of two ground-level opposed side platforms connected by a footbridge, serving two tracks.

The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office. Suica farecard can be used at this station.[1]

Platforms

1	■ Echigo Line	for Yoshida and Niigata (bidirectional)
2	■ Echigo Line	for Yoshida

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 2394 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

Surrounding area

• National Route 460
• Nisihkan-ku Ward Office
• Maki General High School
• Maki High School

• 
  Bus stops in front of Maki Station, March 2020
• 
  Maki Taiguruma Shopping Street

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. Suica＞利用可能エリア＞新潟エリア＞拡大図 [Suica Area in Niigata] (in Japanese). Japan: JR East. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
2. 各駅の乗車人員 (2017年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2017)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.

External links

• JR East station information (in Japanese)