Kawanakajima Station (川中島駅, Kawanakajima-eki) is a railway station in the city of Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
Kawanakajima Station 川中島駅 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Kawanakajima Station entrance, December 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Kawanakajima-machi Kamihigano, Nagano-shi, Nagano-ken 381-2233 Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°36′50″N 138°09′03″E / 36.6140°N 138.1509°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 362.4 meters[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Line(s) | ■ Shin'etsu Main Line | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 4.3 km from Shinonoi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Website | Official website | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 20 July 1917 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY2015 | 1,585 (daily) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lines
editKawanakajima 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.[1] The station is also a freight terminal for the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).
Station layout
editThe station consists of one ground-level island platform serving two tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge.[1] The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Platforms
edit| 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
editKawanakajima Station opened on 20 July 1917.[1] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 1,585 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]
Surrounding area
edit- site of the Battle of Kawanakajima
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ 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
edit- Kawanakajima Station (JR East) (in Japanese)