title: Echigo-Tazawa Station
text: # Echigo-Tazawa Station
  
  Echigo-Tazawa Station (越後田沢駅, Echigo-Tazawa-eki) is a railway station in the city of Tōkamachi, Niigata, Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
  
  ## Lines
  
  Echigo-Tazawa Station is served by the Iiyama Line, and is 64.5 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Toyono Station.
  
  ## Station layout
  
  The station consists of a single side platform serving one bi-directional track. The station is unattended.
  
  ## History
  
  Echigo-Tazawa Station opened on 6 November 1927. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East. A new station building was completed in 2001.
  
  ## Surrounding area
  
  * National Route 117
  * National Route 373
  * former Nakasato village hall
  * Nishiotaki Dam
  