Nihongi Station
Lines. Nihongi Station is served by the 37.7 km Echigo Tokimeki Railway Myōkō Haneuma Line from to , and is located 14.7 kilometers from the starting point of the line at and 52.0 kilometers from . Station layout. The station has one island platform, connected to the station building by an underground passage. This station has a zig zag. History. The station opened on 1 May 1911. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East. From 14 March 2015, with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension  from to , local passenger operations over sections of the Shinetsu Main Line and Hokuriku Main Line running roughly parallel to the new shinkansen line were reassigned to third-sector railway operating companies. From this date, Nihongi Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company Echigo Tokimeki Railway. Passenger statistics. In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 140 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).