History
Tsubame-Sanjō Station opened on 1982-11-15 with the launch of the Jōetsu Shinkansen between Ōmiya and Niigata. It is located 293.8 kilometres from Tokyo and sits directly on the boundary between the cities of Sanjō and Tsubame, with the station headquarters on the Sanjō side. The Jōetsu Shinkansen platforms — one island and one side, elevated — sit above a single ground-level Yahiko Line side platform, with the station building wedged between the two levels. Suica is accepted. The Midori no Madoguchi closed on 28 February 2023 and a talking reserved-seat ticket machine was introduced from 1 March 2023. JR East took over from JNR on 1987-04-01.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-22.
Notes
Via the Yahiko Line, the station provides access to Yahiko Shrine, the ichinomiya of ancient Echigo Province.