Toyono Station (豊野駅, Toyono-eki) is a railway station in Toyono in the city of Nagano, Japan, jointly operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the third-sector railway operating company Shinano Railway.

Toyono Station

豊野駅
Toyono Station in May 2022
General information
Location1002 Toyono, Toyono-machi, Nagano-shi, Nagano-ken 389-1105
Japan
Coordinates36°42′41″N 138°16′31″E / 36.7114°N 138.2754°E / 36.7114; 138.2754
Elevation334.6 metres (1,098 ft)[1]
Operated by
Line(s)
Distance10.8 kilometres (6.7 mi) from Nagano
Platforms1 side + 1 island platforms
Tracks3
Other information
StatusStaffed
History
Opened1 September 1898
Passengers
FY20161,320 daily (JR)
1,021 (Shinano Railway)
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Sansai
towards Nagano
Iiyama Line Shinano-Asano
Preceding station Shinano Railway Following station
Sansai
towards Nagano
Kita-Shinano Line Mure
towards Myoko-Kogen
Location
Toyono Station is located in Nagano Prefecture
Toyono Station
Toyono Station
Location within Nagano Prefecture
Toyono Station is located in Japan
Toyono Station
Toyono Station
Toyono Station (Japan)

Lines

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Toyono Station forms a nominal terminus for the JR East Iiyama Line, although many trains continue past the station to Nagano. The station is also served by the 37.3 km Shinano Railway Kita-Shinano Line, lying 10.8 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Nagano Station.[1]

Station layout

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The station has one side platform and one island platform serving three tracks, with an elevated station building built over the tracks. The station is staffed.[2]

Platforms

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1  Kita-Shinano Line for Myōkō-Kōgen
 Iiyama Line for Togari-Nozawaonsen, Tōkamachi, and Echigo-Kawaguchi
2/3  Kita-Shinano Line for Nagano
 Iiyama Line for Nagano

History

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The station opened on 1 May 1888.[3] 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).[3]

A new station building was completed in February 2007.[1] 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.[4] From this date, Kita-Nagano Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company Shinano Railway.

Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2016, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 1,320 passengers daily (JR East data, boarding passengers only).[5]

In fiscal 2016, the Shinano Railway portion of station was used by an average of 1,021 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[6]

Surrounding area

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ 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. 26. ISBN 9784784071647.
  2. ^ Shinano Railway. "豊野駅". Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  3. ^ a b 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. 579. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2016年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2016)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  6. ^ 長野市統計書 8.運輸・通信 [Nagano City Statistics Section 8. Transportation - Communications] (in Japanese). Japan: Nagano City. 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
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