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Railway station in Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan
Kawanakajima Station
川中島駅
Kawanakajima Station entrance, December 2006
General information
LocationKawanakajima-machi Kamihigano, Nagano-shi, Nagano-ken 381-2233
Japan
Coordinates36°36′50″N 138°09′03″E / 36.6140°N 138.1509°E / 36.6140; 138.1509
Elevation362.4 meters
Operated by
Line(s)■ Shin'etsu Main Line
Distance4.3 km from Shinonoi
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Other information
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened20 July 1917
Passengers
FY20151,585 (daily)
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Imaitowards Shinonoi Shin'etsu Main LineShinonoi – Nagano Amoritowards Niigata
Shinonoitowards Shiojiri Shinonoi LineRapid
(limited service) 		NaganoTerminus
Imaitowards Shiojiri Shinonoi LineLocal & Rapid Misuzu Amoritowards Nagano
Preceding station Shinano Railway Following station
Shinonoitowards Karuizawa Shinano Railway LineRapid NaganoTerminus
Imaitowards Karuizawa Shinano Railway LineLocal Amoritowards Nagano
Location
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Kawanakajima Station (川中島駅, Kawanakajima-eki) is a railway station in the city of Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

Kawanakajima Station is served by the Shin'etsu Main Line and is 4.3 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Shinonoi Station. Shinanoi Line and Shinano Railway trains also stop at this station after continuing past the nominal terminus of these lines at Shinanoi en route to Matsumoto. The station is also a freight terminal for the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).

Station layout

The station consists of one ground-level island platform serving two tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1 ■ Shin'etsu Main Line for Shinonoi, Matsumoto and Shiojiri
  ■ Shinonoi Line for Shinonoi, Matsumoto and Shiojiri
  ■ Shinano Railway Line for Togura, Ueda and Komoro
2 ■ Shin'etsu Main Line for Nagano

History

Kawanakajima Station opened on 20 July 1917. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 1,585 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. ^ Shinano Mainichi Shimbun (2011). Nagano Prefecture All Railway Stations, revised edition (長野県鉄道全駅 増補改訂版) (in Japanese). Shinano Mainichi Shinbun Publishing. p. 22. ISBN 9784784071647.
  2. 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.

External links

Stations of the Shin'etsu Main Line, Shinano Railway Line and related lines
JR EastShin'etsu Main Line (1997-present)
Railway abandoned
Shinano Railway Line
JR EastShin'etsu Main Line (1997-present)
Shinano Railway Kita-Shinano Line
ETR Myōkō Haneuma Line
JR EastShin'etsu Main Line (2015-present)
See also: Hokuriku Shinkansen, Joetsu Shinkansen
All stations are part of Shin'etsu Main Line prior to Oct 1 1997. bold: Shirayuki stops
Stations of the Shinonoi Line
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