{{Infobox station | name = Itoigawa Station | native_name = 糸魚川駅 | native_name_lang = ja | type = | image = 糸魚川駅 （拡大）.jpg | alt = | mlanguage = | caption = Itoigawa Station in December 2013 | other_name = | address = 1-7-10 Ōmachi, Itoigawa City, Niigata Prefecture 941-0061 | country = Japan | coordinates = | operator = | line = | platforms = 1 island + 1 side platforms (Oito Line, Hisui Line)2 side platforms (Shinkansen) | connections = | structure = | code = | status = Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) | opened = | closed = | former = | passengers = 1,205 daily | pass_year = FY2016 | map_type = Nihonkai Hisui Line#Japan Niigata Prefecture#Japan Kanto Chubu Kansai#Japan | services = is a railway station in Itoigawa, Niigata, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and the third-sector railway operator Echigo Tokimeki Railway. It is also a freight terminal for the Japan Freight Railway Company. Lines Itoigawa Station is served by the JR West high-speed Hokuriku Shinkansen and the local Ōito Line, and is located 213.9 kilometers from Takasaki Station and 318.9 kilometers from Tokyo Station. It is 105.4 kilometers from Matsumoto Station, the terminus of the Ōito Line. For the Echigo Tokimeki Railway Nihonkai Hisui Line, the station is 29.9 kilometers from Tomari Station and 315.0 kilometers from Maibara Station. Station layout The local portion of the station has one side platform and one island platform with a cut-out, serving four tracks in total. The Shinkansen portion of the station has two opposed side platforms, located above the local train platforms. The station building is located below the tracks and platforms. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. Platforms The departure melody used for the Shinkansen platforms is the traditional children's song , the lyrics for which were written by , a native of Itoigawa. History The station opened on 16 December 1912. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West. The platforms for the Hokuriku Shinkansen opened for service on 14 March 2015. From 14 March 2015, with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from to , local passenger operations over sections of the Shinetsu Main Line and Hokuriku Main Line running roughly parallel to the new shinkansen line were reassigned to third-sector railway operating companies.