title: Echigo-Horinouchi Station
text: # Echigo-Horinouchi Station
  
  Echigo-Horinouchi Station (越後堀之内駅, Echigo-Horinouchi-eki) is a railway station on the Jōetsu Line in Uonuma, Niigata, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
  
  ## Lines
  
  Echigo-Horinouchi Station is a station on the Jōetsu Line, and is located 134.7 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Takasaki.
  
  ## Station layout
  
  The station has two opposed ground-level side platforms serving three tracks, connected by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
  
  ### Platforms
  
  | 1 | ■ Jōetsu Line | for Koide, Echigo-Yuzawa |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2 | ■ Jōetsu Line | for Nagaoka |
  
  ## History
  
  Echigo-Horinouchi Station opened on 1 August 1922. Upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, it came under the control of JR East.
  
  ## Passenger statistics
  
  In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 433 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
  
  ## Surrounding area
  
  * former Horinouchi town hall
  * Japan National Route 17
  * Horinouchi Post Office
  * Horinouchi Elementary School
  * Horinouchi Middle School
  