Tanihama Station
Lines. Tanihama Station is served by the Echigo Tokimeki Railway Nihonkai Hisui Line, and is 52.7 kilometers from the starting point of the line at and 347.2 kilometers from Maibara Station. Station layout. The station consists of one side platform and one island platform, connected by a footbridge; however, one side of the island platform is not used. The station is unattended. Platforms. History. The station opened on 1 July 1911. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West. 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, Tanihama 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 21 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).