Nagasaka Station (長坂駅, Nagasaka-eki) is a railway station of Chūō Main Line, East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Nagasaka, in the city of Hokuto, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.
CO50 Nagasaka Station 長坂駅 | |||||||||||
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 Nagasaka Station in August 2010 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 2575, Nagasaka-cho Nagasaka-Kamijō, Hokuto-shi, Yamanashi-ken Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°49′39″N 138°22′01″E / 35.827417°N 138.366889°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Chūō Main Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 166.3 km from Tokyo | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | December 11, 1918 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2015 | 1131 daily | ||||||||||
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Lines
editNagasaka Station is served by the Chūō Main Line, and is 166.3 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tokyo Station.
Station layout
editThe station consists of two opposed ground level side platforms. The station is built on a hill, with the tracks reached via stairs underneath. The station is unattended.
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ Chūō Main Line | for Kōfu, Hachiōji and Shinjuku |
| 2 | ■ Chūō Main Line | for Kobuchizawa, Shiojiri and Matsumoto |
History
editNagasaka Station was opened on December 11, 1918 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Chūō Main Line. The JGR became the JNR (Japanese National Railways) after the end of World War II. Scheduled freight services were discontinued from February 1972. With the dissolution and privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the East Japan Railway Company.
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 1,131 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Surrounding area
edit- Former Nagasaka Town Hall
- Musée Kiyoharu Shirakaba
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2016)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
- Miyoshi Kozo. Chuo-sen Machi to eki Hyaku-niju nen. JT Publishing (2009) ISBN 453307698X (in Japanese)
- JR全線全駅ステーション倶楽部編(上) [Complete JR Line/Station Compendium (Vol. 1)] (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan: Bunshun Bunko. September 1988. p. 0. ISBN 4-16-748701-2.
External links
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Media related to Nagasaka Station at Wikimedia Commons
- JR East Nagasaka Station (in Japanese)