title: Tsubame Station
text: # Tsubame Station
  
  Tsubame Station (燕駅, Tsubame-eki) is a railway station located in Tsubame, Niigata, Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
  
  ## Lines
  
  Tsubame Station is served by the Yahiko Line, and is 10.3 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Yahiko Station.
  
  ## Station layout
  
  The station consists of two opposed ground-level side platforms serving two tracks. connected by a footbridge.
  
  The station is unmanned, but there is an automatic ticket vending machine. Suica farecards can be used at this station.
  
  * Platforms, March 2020
  * Station interior, March 2020
  
  ### Platforms
  
  | 1 | ■ Yahiko Line | for Tsubame-Sanjō and Higashi-Sanjō |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2 | ■ Yahiko Line | for Yoshida and Yahiko |
  
  ## History
  
  Tsubame Station opened on 20 April 1922. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.
  
  ## Passenger statistics
  
  In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 1,040 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
  
  ## Surrounding area
  
  * Tsubame-Higashi Elementary School
  