Murai Station (村井駅, Murai-eki) is a train station in the city of Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), with a freight terminal operated by the Japan Freight Railway Company.
Murai Station 村井駅 | ||||||||||||||||
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 Murai Station, March 2007 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 1-36-14 Muraimachi-Minami Matsumoto-shi, Nagano-ken 399-0036 Japan | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°10′28″N 137°57′23″E / 36.1745°N 137.9565°E | |||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 628.85 meters[1] | |||||||||||||||
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| Line(s) | ■ Shinonoi Line | |||||||||||||||
| Distance | 6.8 km from Shiojiri | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) | |||||||||||||||
| Website | www | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 15 December 1902 | |||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
| FY2015 | 1776 (daily) | |||||||||||||||
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Lines
editMurai Station is served by the Shinonoi Line and is 6.8 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Shiojiri Station.Many trains of the Chūō Main Line continue past the nominal intermediate terminus of the line at Shiojiri and continue on to Matsumoto via this station.[1]
Station layout
editThe station consists of a single ground-level island platform, connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.[1]
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ Shinonoi Line | for Shiojiri and Kami-Suwa |
| 2 | ■ Shinonoi Line | for Matsumoto, Shinonoi and Nagano |
History
editMurai Station opened on 15 December 1902. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.[1]
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 1776 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]
Surrounding area
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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. 77. 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
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- JR East station information (in Japanese)