Furuma Station (古間駅, Furuma-eki) is a railway station on the Shinano Railway Kita-Shinano Line in the town of Shinano, Nagano, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operator Shinano Railway.[1]
Furuma Station 古間駅 | |||||
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 Furuma Station in June 2009 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | 409 Tomino, Shinano-machi, Kamiminochi-gun, Nagano-ken 389-1312 Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 36°47′32″N 138°13′51″E / 36.7923°N 138.2307°E | ||||
| Elevation | 633.2 metres (2,077 ft)[1] | ||||
| Operated by |  Shinano Railway | ||||
| Line(s) | ■ Kita-Shinano Line | ||||
| Distance | 25.1 kilometres (15.6 mi) from Nagano | ||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Website | Official website | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 23 December 1928 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| FY2013 | 118 | ||||
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Lines
editFurama Station is served by the 37.3 km Kita-Shinano Line and is 25.1 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Nagano Station.[2]
Station layout
editThe station has one ground-level side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended.[1]
Adjacent stations
edit| ← | Service | → | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kita-Shinano Line | ||||
| Mure | Local | Kurohime | ||
History
editThe station opened on 23 December 1928.[2] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[2]
From 14 March 2015, with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from Nagano to Kanazawa, 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.[3] From this date, Furuma Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company Shinano Railway.
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2013, while still under the control of JR East, the station was used by an average of 118 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4]
Surrounding area
edit- Furuma Post Office
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c 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. 30. ISBN 9784784071647.
- ^ a b c Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 580. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ Osano, Kagetoshi (March 2015). 北陸新幹線並行在来線各社の姿 [Guide to companies operating conventional lines alongside the Hokuriku Shinkansen]. Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 44, no. 371. Japan: Kōtsū Shimbun. pp. 28–33.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2013年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2013)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
External links
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Media related to Furuma Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)