Kita-Matsumoto Station

Location
	Kita-Matsumoto Station Location within Nagano Prefecture Kita-Matsumoto Station Kita-Matsumoto Station (Japan)

Ōito Line41
Kita-Matsumoto Station

北松本駅
Ōito Line41; Kita-Matsumoto Station; 北松本駅
	Kita-Matsumoto Station, October 2009
General information
Location	Shiraita 1-chome, Matsumoto-shi, Nagano-ken 390-0863; Japan
Coordinates	36°14′12″N 137°57′39″E / 36.2368°N 137.9608°E
Elevation	583.2 meters
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Ōito Line
Distance	0.7 km from Matsumoto
Platforms	1 Island platform
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	41
Website	Official website
History
Opened	6 January 1915
Previous names	Matsumoto Station (to April 1915)
Passengers
FY2015	756
Services
Location
Location
	Kita-Matsumoto Station Location within Nagano Prefecture Kita-Matsumoto Station Kita-Matsumoto Station (Japan)

Kita-Matsumoto Station (北松本駅, Kita-Matsumoto-eki) is a train station in the city of Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).^[1]

Lines

Kita-Matsumoto Station is served by the Ōito Line and is 0.7 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Matsumoto Station.^[1]

Station layout

The station consists of one ground-level island platform, connected by an elevated station building. The station is a Kan'i itaku station.^[1]

Platforms

1	■ Ōito Line	for Matsumoto
2	■ Ōito Line	for Shinano-Ōmachi, Hakuba and Minami-Otari

History

Kita-Matsumoto Station opened on 6 January 1915 as Matsumoto Station (松本駅) for both passenger and freight operations. Three months later, on 5 April 1915, a new Matsumoto Station was built, and the original station was renamed Kita-Matsumoto and used for freight operations only. Passenger operations resumed on 18 September 1916. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East. A new elevated station building was completed in April 2000.^[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 756 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[2]

Surrounding area

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e 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. 92. 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 5 July 2016.

External links

JR East station information (in Japanese)

[Shinano-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. 92. ISBN 9784784071647.

[jreast2015stats-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 5 July 2016.

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