Kita-Sanjō Station - Sanjo

Sanjo is already less convenient, and only one-man trains run, and the number of trains is quite small. I understand that it is a waypoint from Tsubamesanjo to Higashisanjo... As you can see if it was elevated for convenience, the number has not changed... Isn't spending unnecessary taxes⁉ Over the years, I haven't made any great results. Even though I reformed it, the treasure rots... Tsuka, the shame of Sanjo ┐(´д｀)┌

Although it is the closest station to Sanjo city area, it does not play the role of the nearest station because the number of trains is small. You may take a bus from Higashi-Sanjo Station or walk a little for 20 minutes. Why isn't there such a motivation even though the Yahiko Line has great potential?

The view from the platform is not bad because the station is elevated. But there is nothing around. There was a mysterious restaurant called Sanjo Spice Laboratory, but I just ate, so I didn't go there.

It is a small elevated station on the Yahiko Line in the northern part of Sanjo City, Niigata Prefecture. I would like to introduce the charm of this station to everyone by taking a train and taking a train (posted on March 9, 2022). 1. 1. Memories of the old station building era I commute by train from October 1989 to May 1990, and Kita-Sanjo Station was the closest station to my place of employment at that time. At that time, Kita-Sanjo Station was not an elevated station but a ground station. The tin-covered wooden station building with a triangular roof (similar to the old station building of Kita-Nagaoka Station) was aging. There was a shop (Kiosk-san, closed around 1992) in the station building, and only one platform was used, which had three sides. However, at that time, there were more passengers than in 2022. In the past (before motorization), the Yahiko Line had a large number of trains (I heard from older people that there were 3 trains per hour depending on the time of day), and Kita-Sanjo Station is concentrated in Higashi-Sanjo Station. In order to avoid this, we have installed more platforms for train exchange than at other stations. It played a role like Hakusan Station (a four-sided platform that prevents over-concentration at Niigata Station) on the current Echigo Line. With the electrification of the Yahiko Line in 1984, Lines 2 and 3 were abolished, and Kita-Sanjo Station became a bar line (without exchange facilities). 2. 2. Changes in the cityscape after the completion of the current station building In 1996, the current modern elevated station building was completed. The following year, in 1997, the elevated construction between Higashi-Sanjo Station and Kita-Sanjo Station on the Yahiko Line (started in 1989) was completed. The division of north-south traffic in the city area due to the ground route of the Yahiko Line, which has been a long-standing issue in Sanjo City, Niigata Prefecture, has finally been resolved. With the removal of the old ground route of the Yahiko Line (it was maintained as a motorway after the removal), the north exit rotary was widened and convenience was improved. I miss the north exit of the old station building when it was small and inconvenient. At that time, there was a town factory near Uchida Iron Works, which was run by an elderly couple, but it disappeared before I knew it. The south exit hasn't changed much, but the candy store that existed at the time of the old station building was vacant. It's a lonely sight, but it can't be helped. The south exit is more fashionable than the old station building era, with a stage engawa (a building completed in 2016, and a curry shop called Sanjo Spice Research Institute inside) and a promenade. I was 20 years old at the time, but before I knew it, I was 51 years old.

I used it before it was elevated, but it has the taste of local lines in local cities. The number of new vehicles is increasing and it is disappearing. Junior high and high school students go out fashionably, but it seems to me that it is a bit of a feeling that the number is so small that it looks like a ride.

[Never use the waiting room] The homeless are sleeping in the waiting room almost every night and it is dirty. (Sanjo City side is also killing without protection)

The ticket office of this station (the window where station staff sell tickets) was closed on February 28, 2022. After March 1st, it will be available at the automatic ticket vending machine.

There is a parking lot where 6 cars (1 of which is a wheelchair mark) can be parked, but long-term parking is not recommended as it is for basic transportation. 7: 20-14: 20 (with lunch break) is manned, but otherwise unmanned. There is a telephone directly connected to Tsubamesanjo Station next to the ticket vending machine in case something goes wrong during unattended hours. The view is nice because it is an elevated station, but it is quite cold in winter because it is windswept. There is an air-conditioned waiting room on the 1st floor, so you can spend time until the train arrives there.