title: Echigo-Ishiyama Station
text: # Echigo-Ishiyama Station
  
  Echigo-Ishiyama Station (越後石山駅, Echigo-Ishiyama-eki) is a train station in Higashi-ku, Niigata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
  
  ## Lines
  
  Echigo-Ishiyama Station is served by the Shin'etsu Main Line, and is 132.2 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Naoetsu Station. The station is staffed.
  
  ## Layout
  
  The station consists of two ground-level opposed side platforms, serving two tracks. There is an underground passage outside the gate.
  
  * Station Name plate
  * Gate
  * East side（September 2015）
  
  ### Platforms
  
  | 1 (West) | ■ Shin'etsu Main Line | for Niigata |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2 (East) | ■ Shin'etsu Main Line | for Niitsu, Nagaoka |
  
  ## History
  
  The station opened on 1 November 1960. 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 2017, the station was used by an average of 2,063 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
  
  ## Surrounding area
  
  * Ishiyama Middle School
  * Nakanoyama Elementary School
  