Doai Station

Doai Station
土合駅

Doai Station in July 2010
Location 218-2 Yubiso, Tone, Minakami, Gunma
(群馬県利根郡みなかみ町湯桧曽218-2)
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Jōetsu Line
Distance 69.3 km from Takasaki
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
History
Opened 19 December 1936
Traffic
Passengers (FY2011) 22 daily
Location
Doai Station
Location within Japan

Doai Station (土合駅 Doai Eki) is a railway station on the Jōetsu Line in Minakami, Gunma, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Doai Station is a station on the Jōetsu Line, and is located 69.3 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Takasaki.

Station layout

Doai Station is unusual in that it has two single side platforms, one of which is elevated, and the other is located underground within the Shin-Shimizu Tunnel. The station is unattended. The underground platform for the northbound trains (to Echigo-Yuzawa and Nagaoka) is located 70 metres (230 ft) under ground, in the middle of the 13,490-metre (44,260 ft) long Shin-Shimizu Tunnel. It takes 10 minutes to walk the 486 steps from the ticket gate to the platform. The aboveground platform for the southbound trains (to Minakami) is at ground level. The climb up the steps from the underground platform features at the start of the novel, NHK dramatization and movie versions of Climber's High by Hideo Yokoyama.

Platforms

underground  Joetsu Line for Echigo-Yuzawa, Urasa, Nagaoka, and Niigata
aboveground  Joetsu Line for Minakami, Takasaki, and Ueno

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Joetsu Line
Yubiso Local Tsuchitaru

History

The station opened on 19 December 1936. On 27 September 1967, the Shin-Shimizu Tunnel opened, and the Joetsu Line was double-tracked; the underground-level platform in this tunnel was opened. Upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, it came under the control of JR East.

Surrounding area

See also

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Coordinates: 36°49′52.8″N 138°58′1.6″E / 36.831333°N 138.967111°E / 36.831333; 138.967111

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