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Tōkamachi Station is a railway station located in Tōkamachi, Niigata, operated jointly by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the third sector Hokuetsu Express.LinesTōkamachi Station is a station on the Iiyama Line, and is located 75.3 kilometers from the starting point of the line at. It is also a station for the Hokuhoku Line and is located 15.9 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Muikamachi Station.Station layoutThe JR portion of the station has a single side platform and island platforms serving three ground-level tracks connected by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. The Hokuetsu Express portion of the station has a single elevated island platform serving two tracks.HistoryTōkamachi Station opened on 15 November 1927. Following the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.Passenger statisticsIn fiscal 2015, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 530 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).