title: Echigo-Hayakawa Station
text: # Echigo-Hayakawa Station
  
  Echigo-Hayakawa Station (越後早川駅, Echigo-hayakawa-eki) is a railway station in the city of Murakami, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
  
  ## Lines
  
  Echigo-Hayakawa Station is served by the Uetsu Main Line, and is 71.4 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Niitsu Station.
  
  ## Station layout
  
  The station consists of two ground-level opposed side platforms connected by a footbridge. The station is unattended.
  
  ### Platforms
  
  | 1 | ■ Uetsu Main Line | for Tsuruoka and Sakata |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2 | ■ Uetsu Main Line | for Murakami and Niitsu |
  
  ## History
  
  Echigo-Hayakawa Station opened on 31 July 1924. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.
  
  ## Surrounding area
  
  * National Route 345
  