History
Oginojō Station is an unstaffed halt on the Echigo Line in the town of Izumozaki, Niigata Prefecture, operated by JR East. It opened on 25 June 1958 as a passenger-only request station of Japanese National Railways, established in response to a petition from local residents. With the privatisation of JNR on 1 April 1987 the station passed to JR East. The site has no station building, only a waiting shelter, and a single ground-level platform serving one track. The station takes its name from Oginojō, a nearby castle ruin roughly four kilometres distant, commemorated by a dedication monument on the platform.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
A dedication stone beside the platform carries calligraphy by then Postmaster General Tanaka Kakuei, who later became Prime Minister.