page_title: Jōetsumyōkō Station
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Jōetsumyōkō Station / History
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: 建設中です。 English: Jōetsumyōkō Station under construction
context_page_description: Jōetsumyōkō Station is an interchange railway station in Jōetsu, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company, West Japan Railway Company and the third-sector railway operator Echigo Tokimeki Railway. It opened in March 2015.
context_section_description: Initially provisionally named Jōetsu Station (上越駅), the name Jōetsumyōkō Station was formally announced in June 2013. Construction was completed in October 2014. It opened on 14 March 2015, coinciding with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from Nagano.
caption: Jōetsumyōkō Station under construction in July 2014
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