Kuroi

Kuroi Station ( 黒井駅 Kuroi-eki ? ) is a railway station on the Shinetsu Main Line in Jōetsu , Niigata Prefecture , Japan . It consists of a passenger station operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and a freight station operated by Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight). The station opened on July 1, 1902 as a freight station of the Hokuetsu Railway, which was nationalized in 1907. Passenger service began on September 1, 1906.