Shibata Station - Shibata

It seems that the original Amabie has been transferred from Niigata Station.

The old Akaya line, which was discontinued in 1984, is vacant, the land is sufficiently secured, and now there is an automatic ticket gate, so if there is a ticket gate behind the station, there will be a lonely town. I think it will be a little crowded, but I'm really sorry. One of the issues in the mayoral election, which the current mayor was elected for the first time, was "to elevate Shibata Station and connect the front and back of the station", which was raised by a JR-affiliated opposition candidate. The purpose was to develop and develop the area behind the station and revitalize the city center. The current mayor has been elected for the third term, criticizing the cost of 2 billion yen at that time as a waste of city tax, but what the current mayor has done is the station square complex including the city hall main government building and the library. With a new construction, the cost far exceeds what was criticized as wasteful. Before taking office as the current mayor, Shibata City's finances were one of the leading non-debt sound finances in Japan, but now they are in debt finance. It has been decided that the large corporate factory invited by the former mayor before the current mayor will be closed in the spring of next year. A road leading to a highway has just been built and opened near a large corporate factory. Locally, the road is called the "○○ road" of the ○○ company name. The outflow of population from Shibata will not stop, so the finances will not improve. The large corporate factory, which will be closed next spring, is behind the station.

Visited 2020.11.14. A manned station with a green window. Automatic ticket gate. The station stamp is placed near the window. The station entrance is only on the west side. There is a convenience store next to the station. The intersection in front of the station is a scrambled intersection.

Shibata station is saved because there is a convenience store. Even if I live in the back of the station, I am saved because it is connected by an underpass from the back of the station. Of course, there is a clean toilet and elevator at the entrance of the underpass behind the station, so even people with disabilities are fine. There is a camera so you can pass through the underpass with confidence. There is a 30-minute free parking lot in front of the station and behind the station. I think it's okay if you think about time when you pick up at the station.

The station building is nice. Some Hakushin Line up trains in the direction of Niigata depart from Platform 0 (the first train at this station).

I visited in November 2009. It's a calm station, There were many students, There was a convenience store.